Alison Redford, Agenda 21... the Bilderberg

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Dear Charlie; I had a call asking about the Alberta Gov Agenda... and am posting this to start a discussion about where we are headed. Cheers

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http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/

Go read it for yourself: Once you sift through the newspeak you'll begin to find that agenda 21 means:

-End of private property
-End of personal transportation
-Control of where you live and how you live
-More restriction and control over every area of your life
-Central planning of everything (socialism)
-And more


It's all newspeaked up to sound great though. You'll hear such classic language like "Smart Growth Communities", "Sustainable Development" "Sustainable Planning", "trade liberalization" and various other goodies.

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Dear Charlie,

This may seem to be a 'negative' start to what the AB gov. is up to... but perhaps I have reason for this approach.

Quote of one of the main presenters [Peter Boxall] on Feb 27 in Leduc... about these issues we face:

"Recent research in
his research group has involved determination of the costs and benefits of restoring wetlands on agricultural landscapes in the prairie pothole region. These efforts are leading to the design of market-based instruments, such as reverse auctions and offset trading systems, to encourage
increased provision of ecological goods and services from private land managers. Much of this research involves the use of experimental economic techniques to design market based approaches that target incentives to address specific environmental outcomes."

The Forum to discuss Alberta private property farmers' future:


Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Lands
Public Benefits, Producer Opportunities?
February 27, 2013 - Executive Royal Inn, Leduc

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

9:00 am Coffee & Registration
9:30 – 9:45 am Welcome

9:45 – 10:30 am Ecosystem Services – Yet Another Buzz Word?
Peter Boxall, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences,
University of Alberta

10:30 – 10:45 am Coffee

10:45 – 12:00 pm Ecosystem Service Payments and Markets in Oregon (Willamette
Partnership) and Across the US
Todd Gartner, Senior Associate, Conservation Incentives & Markets,
World Resources Institute

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 – 1:40 pm How Can We Keep Land for Agriculture?
Kim Good, Miistakis Institute

1:40 – 2:20 pm Conservation Offsets
Marion Weber, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures

2:20 – 2:40 pm Update on Land and Water Policy
Bev Yee, Stewardship Commissioner & Assistant Deputy Minister,
Integrated Resource Management Planning Division, AESRD

2:40 – 3:00 pm Coffee

3:00 – 3:45 pm Questions & Discussion - Opportunities, Barriers, Risks
3:45 pm Concluding Remarks
4:00 pm Homeward

Speaker Highlights
These speakers will also be joined by Bev Yee, Stewardship Commissioner and Assistant Deputy Minister of Integrated Resource Management Planning, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development

Peter Boxall
Peter is a Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics in the Department of Rural Economy, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta.
He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen’s and Calgary respectively. He
then saw the light and earned MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Alberta.

Peter’s research focuses on the economic valuation of environmental goods and services and
utilizes both revealed and stated preference methods. Peter and his students try to incorporate
these values into the development and analysis of environmental and conservation policy.
Peter is also the leader of the Linking Environment and Agriculture Research Network (LEARN); one of five research networks funded by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. Recent research in
his research group has involved determination of the costs and benefits of restoring wetlands on agricultural landscapes in the prairie pothole region. These efforts are leading to the design of market-based instruments, such as reverse auctions and offset trading systems, to encourage
increased provision of ecological goods and services from private land managers. Much of this research involves the use of experimental economic techniques to design market based approaches that target incentives to address specific environmental outcomes.


Peter has over 20 years experience working in provincial and federal government agencies. He
is also an active “old-timers” hockey player and avid angler.

Kim Good
Kim, a project manager at Miistakis for the past five years, works mostly on private land conservation projects but also gets to dabble in vegetation management research on occasion.
She is committed to finding conservation solutions for prairie Canada's working landscapes and
the people who make their living on them. She has a wide ranging background that includes working directly with farmers and ranchers creating conservation plans and drafting
conservation easements as well as working on conservation policy with municipal and provincial
governments.

Todd Gartner
Todd Gartner is a Senior Associate for the World Resources Institute’s People and Ecosystems Program. He focuses on developing new ways to finance conservation and restoration though
the use of conservation incentives and market-based strategies, such as habitat mitigation, payments for the protection of drinking water, and carbon markets. Todd assists with all facets of conservation program development including - convening, design, pilot operations, and
growth. He works with a broad range of stakeholders including policy makers, landowners, regulators, fortune 500 companies, and local partners to achieve conservation objectives both
domestically (Southeast, Pacific Northwest, Northeast, and West) and abroad (Africa andCaribbean).
Gartner’s previous work included developing and running the Conservation Incentives program at the American Forest Foundation, field forestry work in New England, fire ecology and ecotourism research in Botswana and India, business consulting for the USDA Forest Service and several years as a corporate financial consultant.

Gartner earned his Master of Forestry degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a B.S. in finance from University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. He is also a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow, Switzer Environmental Fellow, Environmental Leadership Program Fellow, and Property and Environmental Research Center
Fellow.
Todd is based in Portland, OR and is an avid hiker, rock climber and Baltimore Ravens fan.

Marian Weber
Marian Weber leads Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures' Environmental Planning and
Economics Program. She has worked with researchers, governments and NGOs across
Canada to develop and test market based approaches for managing land and water resources,
and for stewardship and conservation on private and public lands
Marian has authored a number of reports and peer reviewed publications, and has been
instrumental in shaping stewardship policies in Alberta through her involvement with the Land
Use Framework, the Beaver Hills Initiative, and Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy.
Through research funded by the Sustainable Forest Management Network, she proposed and
investigated a new tool, Tradable Disturbance Permits, for cumulative effects management on
public lands.
Marian also developed a proof of concept for a conservation offset market in Alberta’s boreal
forest area for Alberta’s Land Use Secretariat, and is currently examining how conservation
offsets could encourage progressive and enhanced reclamation in Alberta’s oilsands area.
In 2006, Marian worked with Strathcona County and the Beaver Hills Initiative (BHI) on a
feasibility study for Transferable Development Credits. As a result of the project, Strathcona
County and BHI stakeholders initiated a pilot program to test
implementation options for this instrument.
Other experience includes the evaluation of water allocation and trading rules in the South
Saskatchewan River Basin to address economic, social, and environmental objectives, and
assessing the costs of Beneficial Management Practices for water quality improvements in
Manitoba’s South Tobacco Creek Watershed.

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Registration Deadline: February 21 via email deb.sutton@gov.ab.ca (no cost to attend)