Impact Assessment and Compensation

Building Urban Economic Resilience Through COVID-19

Building Urban Economic Resilience During and After COVID-19 EcoPlan International supported the United Nations  Economic Commission for Africa with  "Building Urban Economic Resilience During and After COVID-19", which aimed to fortify local governments' capacities to create and monitor resilient COVID-19 response plans. This initiative, carried out in partnership with UNECA, UN-HABITAT, and UNCDF, focuses on [...]

Planning for Climate Change Guidebook & Toolkit

Planning for Climate Change – Guidebook and Toolkit Winner of a Planning Institute of BC 2015 Award for Planning Excellence in Research & New Directions in Planning,the guide is UN-Habitat’s principal capacity building and climate change planning resource for its Cities and Climate Change Initiative, active in over 40 cities around the world. Planning for [...]

Alberta Métis Cultural
Loss and Non-Market
Valuation Analysis

Alberta Métis Cultural Loss and Non-Market Valuation Analysis EcoPlan was commissioned by the Métis Settlements of Paddle Prairie, Peavine, Gift Lake, and Kikino to conduct value analyses in order to determine net compensatory losses resulting from surface disturbances caused by ongoing petroleum development activity. EcoPlan employed a broad range of research and analysis techniques including [...]

Kitsumkalum First Nation Land Use Plan

Kitsumkalum First Nation Land Use Plan EcoPlan worked with Kitsumkalum First Nation to develop a Community Land Use Plan for the Nation’s three main reserve areas. Building off of a draft Comprehensive Community Plan completed in 2014, the community-based project was coordinated with Kitsumkalum’s ongoing Land Code process. Its purpose was twofold: to establish a [...]

Alberta Metis Oral History and Land Use Project

Alberta Metis Oral History and Land Use Project To help facilitate the recognition of Métis Aboriginal rights, the Métis Settlements General Council (MSGC) retained EcoPlan to assist in the Métis Traditional Settlements Traditional Land Use Mapping and Oral History Project.  EcoPlan led an initial pilot project at the Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement, then subsequent projects [...]

Socio-cultural Impact Assessmentt

Socio-cultural Impact Assessment: Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion As part of the National Energy Board (NEB) review process of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP), Matsqui First Nation commissioned EcoPlan to conduct a socio-cultural impact assessment of the proposed pipeline that would pass through their traditional territory. Our approach to this impact assessment and the techniques [...]

Coastal Guardian Watchmen Business Case

Coastal Guardian Watchmen Business Case EcoPlan carried out a unique business case to help clarify the total value generated by the Coastal Guardian Watchmen programs. The business case differed from more conventional approaches in that it included both market and non-market costs and benefits in the analysis. This meant that in addition to identifying and [...]

Traditional Land Use and Historical Communities Mapping Pilot Project (Phase 3) – Fishing Lake and Elizabeth Métis Settlements

Traditional Land Use and Historical Communities Mapping Pilot Project (Phase 3) – Fishing Lake and Elizabeth Métis Settlements Date: 2008-2009 EcoPlan conducted a third round of pilot projects at the Fishing Lake and Elizabeth Métis settlements, refining the processes and tools used in previous pilot phases. These projects began with training and capacity building exercises, a needs assessment and […]

Traditional Land Use and Historical Communities Mapping Pilot Project (Phase 2) – Gift Lake and Peavine Métis Settlements

Traditional Land Use and Historical Communities Mapping Pilot Project (Phase 2) – Gift Lake and Peavine Métis Settlements Date: 2007-2009 EcoPlan conducted a second pilot phase of the Traditional Land Use and Historical Communities Mapping project that focused on the Gift Lake and Peavine Métis Settlements. Information was recorded on interview forms and maps that were […]

Traditional Land Use and Historical Communities Mapping Pilot Project (Phase 1) – Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement

Traditional Land Use and Historical Communities Mapping Pilot Project (Phase 1) – Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement Date: 2004-2005 To help facilitate the recognition of Métis Aboriginal rights, the Métis Settlements General Council (MSGC) retained EcoPlan to assist in the Métis Traditional Settlements Traditional Land Use Mapping and Oral History Project. EcoPlan led a an initial pilot project […]

Traditional Land Use and Environmental Impacts of Proposed CNRL Development

Traditional Land Use and Environmental Impacts of Proposed CNRL Development Date: 2016 EcoPlan was retained by Elizabeth Lake Métis Settlement (EMS) to provide a review of the community’s issues, concerns, and suggested mitigation regarding potential impacts to their traditional use areas from the developments proposed for the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area. The review built on […]

Traditional Land Use and Environmental Impacts of Proposed CNRL Development

Traditional Land Use and Environmental Impacts of Proposed CNRL Development Date: 2016 EcoPlan was retained by Elizabeth Lake Métis Settlement (EMS) to provide a review of the community’s issues, concerns, and suggested mitigation regarding potential impacts to their traditional use areas from the developments proposed for the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area. The review built on […]

Seaport Centre Social Impact Evaluation

Seaport Centre Social Impact Evaluation Date: 1995 EcoPlan conducted an evaluation of the proposed Seaport Centre Development in Vancouver for the Centre for Human Settlements.  Using a multiple objective approach, EcoPlan provided a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the controversial Seaport Centre project.  The study required extensive interviews, participatory observation, secondary data collection, socio-economic modeling and […]

Powley

Powley Date: 2005-2016 EPI worked with the Metis Settlements of Alberta for over 10 years to gather evidence for their efforts to assert Aboriginal Rights and meet the tests established by this landmark 2003 Supreme Court Decision. The work conducted resulted in an agreement between the Province of Alberta and the Metis Settlements.

Costa Rica Pineapple Conflict

Costa Rica Pineapple Conflict Date: 2011 EcoPlan supported a training session was on how to apply structured decision support to the challenges of agricultural development in Costa Rica.

Aseniwuche Winewak

Aseniwuche Winewak Date: 2000 EPI initiated an analysis of cultural, environment/resource and community loss with the ultimate purpose to put a dollar figure on these intangible losses. .

Advisory Services – Professional Planning, Research and Policy Services

Advisory Services – Professional Planning, Research and Policy Services EcoPlan has supported TransLink on two linked advisory services agreements, with the most recent focusing on three work streams: policy research and analysis support; facilitation, prioritization and strategic decision-making support; and public and stakeholder engagement support. The first advisory services program focused on three projects: a […]