{"id":1060,"date":"2011-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-420\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:28","slug":"innovation-anthology-420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2011\/08\/30\/innovation-anthology-420\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #420:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 420.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nNative plants <\/b>are taking a beating in southern Alberta.  That\u2019s a conclusion one can certainly draw from the latest report from the <b>Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe report establishes a benchmark for measuring biodiversity in what\u2019s called the <b>South Saskatchewan Planning Region.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOn a scale of 0 to 100, biodiversity for native plants sits at a mere<b> 41 percent.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nJim Herbers<\/b> is the ABMI\u2019s  Director of Information.\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nJIM HERBERS: <\/b><em>Vascular plants  are a key indicator of the health of  our ecosystems in southern Alberta   First, they\u2019re forage for our livestock.  Second they provide significant habitat for wildlife.  And they provide livelihoods for people involved in the timber industry.       In southern Alberta in the grasslands the intactness value  is 41 percent.     They have a very strong relationship to human development.  As human development moves in, we will typically  pave a parking lot over top of it.   We\u2019ll put a plough through it and then start to plant crops.   We will build houses on top of it. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to Jim Herbers, non-native plants account for 84 of the 87 invasive species threatening biodiversity in southern Alberta.\n<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nThanks today to <b>Alberta Innovates Technology Futures<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY<br \/>\nI\u2019M CHERYL CROUCHER<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Guest<\/h2>\n<h3> , <\/h3>\n<h4>, , , , <\/h4>\n<h2>Sponsor<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertatechfutures.ca\">Alberta Innovates Technology Futures<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Alberta Innovates launched its consolidation on November 1, 2016<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et-waypoint et_pb_image et_pb_animation_off et_pb_image_5 et_always_center_on_mobile et_pb_image_sticky et-animated\"> \t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/albertainnovates.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tech_futures_v2_icon.png\" \/> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>780-450-5111<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertatechfutures.ca\/\">albertatechfutures.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>250 Karl Clark Road,<br \/>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<br \/>T6N 1E4<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/AI_Tech_RGB_smallForWeb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02011-08-30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Native plants<\/b> are taking a beating in southern Alberta.  That\u2019s a conclusion one can certainly draw from the latest report from the <b>Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute.<\/b>   According to ABMI&#8217;s <b>Jim Herbers<\/b>, the intactness level for native plants in the South Saskatchewan Planning Region of southern Alberta is a mere<b> 41 percent.<\/b><em>(Alberta Innovates Technology Futures)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,9,20,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alberta-innovates-technology-futures","category-environment","category-natural-resources","category-wildlife","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4738,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions\/4738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}