Ressources

Innovation environnementale, technologie et solutions locales pour les exploitations agricoles

Projets ALUS

ALUS - Working to Promote Biodiversity
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Modeste Natural Infrastructure Pilot Project Overview
Modeste Natural Infrastructure Pilot Project Results
Ecometrics Analysis Summary Report Lake Winnipeg Water Stewardship Pilot Project Cover
Ecometrics Analysis Summary Report: Lake Winnipeg Water Stewardship Pilot Project

Guides ALUS

Success with ALUS Enhanced Grazing Projects - ALUS Guidebook.
Success with ALUS Enhanced Grazing Projects - Western & Prairies Hub
Tree and Shrub guidebook
Success with ALUS Tree and Shrub Projects - Western Hub
Wetland guidebook
Success with ALUS Wetland Projects - Western Hub
Success with ALUS Erosion-Control Projects in the Eastern Hub.
Réussir la lutte contre l’érosion avec ALUS
Success with ALUS Grassland Projects in the Eastern Hub.
Réussir l’aménagement de prairies avec ALUS
Success with ALUS Tree & Shrub Projects in the Eastern hub.
Réussir la plantation d’arbres et d’arbustes avec ALUS
Success with ALUS Wetland Projects in the Eastern hub.
Réussir l’aménagement de zones humides avec ALUS
Monitoring ALUS Grassland Projects in the Eastern hub.
Assurer la surveillance des projets d’aménagement de prairies ALUS
Monitoring ALUS Wetland & Erosion-Control Projects in the Eastern hub.
Assurer la surveillance des projets d’aménagement de zones humides et de lutte contre l’érosion ALUS
Monitoring ALUS Tree & Shrub Projects in the Eastern hub.
Assurer le suivi des projets ALUS – Comment favoriser la pérennité des projets ALUS au Québec et en Ontario
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Tallgrass Prairie Guide - Eastern Hub

Feuillets d’information ALUS

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Helping Aquatic Species at Risk: Bigmouth Buffalo
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Helping Aquatic Species at Risk: Carmine Shiner
ALUS-DFO-fact-sheet-Lake-Sturgeon-lores
Helping Aquatic Species at Risk: Lake Sturgeon
ALUS-DFO-fact-sheet-Plains-Minnow-lores
Helping Aquatic Species at Risk: Plains Minnow
ALUS-DFO-fact-sheet-Western-Silvery-Minnow-lores
Helping Aquatic Species at Risk: Western Silvery Minnow

Recherches ALUS

Summative Evaluation of Delayed Hay Cut Initiative on Prince Edward Island.
Summative Evaluation of Delayed Hay Cut Initiative on Prince Edward Island - Final Report

Report by CBCL Limited (2021)

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Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS): A benchmark survey of public opinion on the environment in relation to farming and the quality of life in Norfolk County

Survey Report by Bob Bailey and Loreley Greenslade, Ecometrica Communications (2005)

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Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS): A Preliminary Overview of Potential Cost Reductions and Financial Benefits to Canada

Report by Tyrchniewicz Consulting (2007)

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Alberta Innovates: Cost Assessment of Ecosystem Services Procurement

Report by Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (2016)

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Assessment of Potential Biodiversity Market Partnerships in Ontario-Amoveo Report ENBUS group

Research Project for the class of Pr. Goretty Dias, University of Waterloo (2012)

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A Benefit Transfer Tool for Valueing Nature’s Benefits to Society from ALUS Farmlands

Report by EcoRessources (2013)

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Community composition of pollinating insects on farms enrolled in Alternative Land Use Services in Norfolk County, Ontario

Research by Courtney Irvine, University of Guelph (2013)

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Expansion of the Pollination Service Measurement (PSM) concept in Southern Ontario

Research by Tom Woodcock et al., University of Guelph & Seeds of Diversity (2013)

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An analysis of the critical success factors for participation in agricultural – environmental program: A case study

Thesis by Jessica Rosenburg, University of Guelph (2010)

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Grassland Carbon Sequestration Offset Protocol Framework

Report by EcoRessources (2011)

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Payment for agro-ecosystem services: Developmental case-history descriptions of Canada’s Grassroots ‘ALUS’ Programs

Research by Robert L. France and Jeffrey B. Campbell, Research Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Management (2015)

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Small Restoration, Big Impacts: How Habitat Influences Native Pollinators in Intensive Agricultural Landscapes

Thesis by Caitlin Paterson, University of Guelph (2014)

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Investment in the Provision of Ecological Goods and Services on Private Rural Land in Ontario: A Framework for Policy Development

Thesis by Paul Guerra, University of Guelph (2010)

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Studies of Bobolink and Related Bird Habitats on Agricultural Lands in Norfolk County

Report by Jon McCracken (2014)

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Supporting Environmental Stewardship and Livelihood Benefits in Ontario’s Greenbelt: Assessing the Potential Contribution of the Alternative Land Use Services Program

Thesis by Bruce Mackenzie, University of Waterloo (2008)

Case Study Series: Local Best Management Practices in Agriculture

Council of the Great Lakes Region, Bruce Power, Climate Risk Institute (2021)

Autres recherches

Biens et services écologiques

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EG&S: Estimating Program Uptake and the Nature of Costs and Benefits

George Morris Center (2007)

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EG&S: Estimating Program Uptake and the Nature of Costs and Benefits in Agro Manitoba

George Morris Center (2009)

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Estimating Ecosystem Services in Southern Ontario

Spatial Informatics Group, Austin Troy & Ken Bagstad (2009)

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Estimating the Value of Natural Capital in the Credit River Watershed

The Pembina Institute and Credit Valley Conservation (2009)

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Funding Natural Capital – Determining the Desired Characteristics of an Ecosystem Services Credit

Upstream Innovations; Alison Carlyle, Alex Watkins, Colin Little, Mackenzie Zettler and Sophia Sanniti (2014)

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Payments for ecosystem services

Report by Helen Dunn, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affair- UK (2011)

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Potential Contribution of Payments for Ecological Goods and Services to Farm Income

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2007)

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Proceedings of the Ecological Good and Services Technical Meeting, Ottawa, Canada

(2009)

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Provision of Public Goods through Agriculture in the European Union

Institute for European Environmental Policy (2009)

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Securing Natural Capital and Ecological Goods and Services for Canada

Nancy Olewiler (2008)

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Understanding relationships among multiple ecosystem services

Elena M. Bennett, Garry D. Peterson and Line J. Gordon (2009)

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Wetlands, Flood Control and Ecosystem Services in the Smith Creek Drainage Basin: A Case Study in Saskatchewan, Canada

John K. Pattison-Williams, John W. Pomeroy, Pascal Badiou, Shane Gabor (Ecological Economics 147 (2018) 36-47)

Leading at the Edge: A Roadmap to Advanced Edge of Field Practices in Agriculture

The Nature Conservancy, Meridian Institute, Soil and Water Conservation Society (2022)

Patûrage

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing improves water infiltration in Canadian grassland soils.
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing improves water infiltration in Canadian grassland soils

Dobert et al. (2021). Elsevier.

Soil greenhouse gas emissions and grazing management in northern temperate grasslands.
Soil greenhouse gas emissions and grazing management in northern
temperate grasslands

Ma et al. (2021). Elsevier

Pollinisation

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Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants

Anna Fiedler, Julianna Tuell, Rufus Isaacs, and Doug Landis, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University (2007)

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Conserving Native Bees on Farmland

Rufus Isaacs and Julianna Tuell, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University (2007)

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Evaluation of Native Legume Species for Forage Yield, Quality, and Seed Production

Robert L McGraw, Floyd W Shockley, John F Thompson, and Craig A Roberts (2004)

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Evidence for decline in eastern North American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with special focus on Bombus affinis Cresson

Sheila R. Colla, Laurence Packer (2008)

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Visitation by Wild and Managed Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) to Eastern U.S. Native Plants for Use in Conservation Programs

Julianna K. Tuell, Anna K. Fielder, Douglas Landis, and Rufus Isaacs (2008)

Water Quality and Riparian Buffers

Cost-effective targeting of riparian buffers to achieve water quality and wildlife habitat benefits.
Cost-effective targeting of riparian buffers to achieve water quality and wildlife habitat benefits

Study by Wanhong Yang, Wenbao Liu, Yongbo Liu, Robert C. Corry and Reid D. Kreutzwiser (2014)

Rapports Annuels ALUS

ALUS Annual Report 2024-25
Rapport Annuel ALUS 2025-26

Plans stratégiques ALUS

Plan Stratégique ALUS 2025-26

Nos plus récentes initiatives en innovation

Quand attendre peut sauver une espèce

Quand attendre peut sauver une espèce

Parfois, la conservation ne consiste pas à en faire plus, mais simplement à attendre.Chaque printemps, George et Melaney Matheson voient revenir des visiteurs familiers dans leurs champs de foin.Les goglus des prés sont de retour.Après avoir parcouru des milliers de...

Nos partenaires de recherche

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Dr. Wanhong Yang

Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics

Dr. Yang’s work, using his Integrated Modelling for Watershed Evaluation of BMPs (IMWEBs) application, validates the efficacy of ALUS project sites and will ultimately become an effective modelling and analysis tool for decision-makers across Canada to evaluate the benefits of the ALUS program as a cost-effective natural infrastructure solution that also fosters biodiversity.

In Ontario, Dr. Yang is conducting a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of ALUS projects for phosphorus reduction within the priority regions identified by the Great Lakes Protection Initiative. This research is supported by a grant from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ALUS Norfolk, ALUS Middlesex and ALUS Chatham-Kent). In Alberta, Dr. Yang’s work is focused on the Modeste subwatershed of the North Saskatchewan River, which the Government of Alberta has identified as being a high priority for flood mitigation and water quality, and a moderate-high priority for drought. This research is supported by a grant from Alberta Environment and Parks’ Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program (WRRP). With funding from the RBC Tech for Nature program, Dr. Yang has extended his modelling into three sub-watersheds in the Lake Erie Basin. 

Watershed Evaluation Group, Dr. Wanhong Yang’s research program

Dr. Wanhong Yang receives 2018 Weston Family Ecosystem Innovation Award

About the Modeste Natural Infrastructure Project

Progress in Modeste Natural Infrastructure Project

ALUS Partnerships Lead Lake Erie Basin Impacts

Dr. Wanhong Yang’s research profile

Dr. Andrew MacDougall

Professor & Head of the MacDougall Ecology Lab, Department of Integrative Biology

Dr. Andrew MacDougall and his team at the MacDougall Ecology Lab at the University of Guelph’s Department of Integrative Biology, are studying the efficacy of ALUS’ prairie restoration sites in southwestern Ontario (primarily in ALUS Norfolk and ALUS Elgin) and quantifying the ecosystem services being produced including biodiversity, carbon sequestration and nutrient retention. Their research has confirmed the positive impact of ALUS projects for pollinators and beneficial insects—indicating a 300% increase in pollinators and beneficial insects after project establishments. The Lab’s research has also confirmed that ALUS projects:
• provide critical habitat for arthropods and promote biodiversity in agroecosystems.
• serve as a soil carbon sink/storage.
• impede 50-100% of nutrients from synthetic fertilizers, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, from leaching into ground and surface waters.

MacDougall Ecology Lab 

Dr Andrew MacDougall’s research profile 

Dr. Amy Newman 

Associate Professor & Head of the Newman Lab, Department of Integrative Biology

Dr. Amy Newman and her team at the Newman Lab at the University of Guelph’s Department of Integrative Biology studied avian biodiversity on ALUS farms in southern Ontario and worked with producers who are excited about the interface between restoration, preservation, and agricultural production. Dr. Newman’s research has validated the efficacy of ALUS project sites – confirming that bird species’ diversity and soil microorganisms significantly increase on ALUS projects sites. Her research on ALUS project sites has created a direct link to participants, piquing their interest and efforts to produce more biodiversity through their ALUS projects.

The Newman Lab 

Amy Newman wins the The 2020 Weston Family Research Innovation Award

Dr. Amy Newman’s research profile

Dr John Fryxell

Professeur et directeur exécutif de l’Institut de la biodiversité de l’Ontario

Le Dr John Fryxell, du département de biologie intégrative de l’Université de Guelph, travaille sur la recherche en génomique des écosystèmes en recueillant des données sur 30 sites du sud de l’Ontario, allant de terres cultivées intensivement à des zones de restauration ALUS. Les travaux du Dr Fryxell fourniront des données approfondies sur l’ensemble des facteurs influençant la biodiversité des arthropodes et des insectes aquatiques en relation avec les pratiques agricoles, les variations climatiques, les caractéristiques physiques et l’hétérogénéité du paysage. Ces travaux permettront d’établir une méthodologie normalisée pour la surveillance de la biodiversité et l’évaluation de l’impact environnemental, d’identifier les principales incertitudes concernant les mesures sur le terrain fondées sur des méthodologies basées sur l’ADN, et de définir un cadre pour l’alerte précoce des épidémies d’insectes nuisibles et/ou du déclin des espèces d’insectes bénéfiques.

The Fryxell Lab (en anglais)

Profil du Dr John Fryxell (en anglais)

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph

Dr Nigel Raine

Professeur, titulaire de la chaire de la famille Rebanks sur la conservation des pollinisateurs et chef du Nigel Raine Lab, école des sciences de l’environnement

Le Dr Nigel Raine, titulaire de la chaire de la famille Rebanks pour la conservation des pollinisateurs à l’Université de Guelph, a dirigé une étude de trois ans visant à documenter la richesse en espèces et l’abondance des pollinisateurs indigènes en Ontario, afin d’établir des données de référence pour suivre le déclin et les causes des pertes de pollinisateurs dans les années à venir. Le laboratoire Nigel Raine mène actuellement des études préliminaires sur les pollinisateurs indigènes dans plusieurs exploitations agricoles ALUS en Ontario.

The Nigel Raine Lab (en anglais)

Profil du Dr Nigel Raine (en anglais)

Université du Québec en Outaouais

Dr Vijay Kolinjivadi

Institut des Sciences de la Forêt tempérée, Université du Québec en Outaouais

ALUS Île-du-Prince-Édouard a travaillé en étroite collaboration avec le Dr Vijay Kolinjivadi, un chercheur de l’Institut des Sciences de la Forêt tempérée (ISFORT) de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais, afin de faciliter la tenue d’entretiens avec les agriculteurs participants à travers l’Î.-P.-É. en 2017. L’ouvrage qui en résulte, ” Putting nature ‘to work’ through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) “, a été publié dans Land Use Policy (81, 2019).

Recherche d’ALUS I-P-É publiée dans  Land Use Policy (81, 2019) (en anglais)

Institut des Sciences de la Forêt tempérée de l’UQO (ISFORT)

Profil du Dr. Vijay Kolinjivadi

 

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph

InnoTech Alberta

ALUS works with InnoTech Alberta on the Modeste Natural Infrastructure Project. InnoTech Alberta’s Dr Marian Webber is conducting an economic analysis of the costs and benefits of using nature to deliver infrastructure-related services in the Modeste subwatershed (ALUS Parkland, ALUS Brazeau, and ALUS Wetaskiwin-Leduc). This research is supported by a grant from Alberta Environment and Parks’ Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program (WRRP).

InnoTech Alberta website

About the Modeste Natural Infrastructure Project

Progress in Modeste Natural Infrastructure Project

 

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Ministère de l’agriculture et des forêts de l’Alberta

ALUS s’associe avec le ministère de l’agriculture et des forêts de l’Alberta pour mener à bien plusieurs projets de recherche. Par exemple, Karen Raven, responsable de l’unité d’utilisation des terres, et David Speiss, responsable des systèmes d’information géographique, ont mené une recherche en sciences sociales sous la forme d’un processus de cartographie décisionnelle multicritères avec certains comités consultatifs de partenariat ALUS en Alberta.

Ministère de l’agriculture et des forêts de l’Alberta (en anglais)

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph

The Ontario Badger Project

ALUS collabore avec l’équipe de rétablissement du blaireau pour aider à réintroduire le blaireau d’Amérique en Ontario. Autrefois très répandue, l’espèce a souffert de la fragmentation de son habitat et est maintenant classée comme étant en voie de disparition, tant au niveau fédéral que provincial, en Ontario, où il ne reste plus que 200 blaireaux (chiffres de 2018). L’équipe de rétablissement du blaireau procède au radiopistage des blaireaux dans 28 exploitations agricoles d’ALUS Norfolk, afin de suivre leurs déplacements et d’étudier leur habitat et leurs habitudes. Les personnes qui aperçoivent un blaireau ou trouvent un terrier de blaireau sur leurs terres sont invitées à le signaler au projet Ontario Badger en appelant au 877-715-9299 ou en envoyant un courriel à [email protected].

Le projet Ontario Badger (en anglais)