The Alberta government, in partnership with the Forest and Energy sector and the academic community, has embarked on a new initiative to further understanding of how to monitor and report on the status and trends related to forest biodiversity. This comprehensive monitoring program has been more than five years in the making, with considerable time spent designing improved environmental data collection and reporting protocols.
The Alberta Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Program (AFBMP) - Prototype Project has been established to initiate testing of the monitoring program on a small scale over the next four years. ConocoPhillips staff has been involved in the early work to initiate the Prototype Project and has committed $80,000 over 2003 and 2004 to this important work.