Land managers in southwestern Saskatchewan are invited to attend a workshop delving into strategies to preserve biodiversity in the Northern Great Plains.
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation and University of British Columbia’s Conservation Decision Lab are holding the online workshop, which will look at ways to identify the most cost-effective conservation actions using the priority threat management approach. The goal is to make sure that land under conservation agreements and easements in southwestern Saskatchewan delivers “the best possible conservation benefits,” states a description of the workshop.
The priority threat management approach defines and appraises cost-effective strategies for mitigating biodiversity threats across regions. A handbook for the priority threat management approach explains that decision-makers typically don’t have enough resources to manage all biodiversity threats, and usually lack information about likely outcomes and cost-effectiveness of potential management strategies.
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The handbook was developed based on the authors’ experience with six large-scale projects in Canada and Australia. The approach “harnesses scientific and expert-derived information to prioritize management strategies based on their benefit to biodiversity, management costs and feasibility.”
Workshop organizers will be offering a $50 Cowtown gift card to those who attend the workshop. The workshop is being held online on Nov. 23 from 12:30 to 3:30 pm (Sask. time). For details on how to attend, contact Wayne Hellquist, general manager of Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Foundation, at [email protected].
