Problem Statement

Enhance novel ecosystems that have already been built and developed on campus for improving biodiversity and ecosystem health through the following tools:

• Datasets (LiDAR, UFOR 220, Social Science Surveys, Animal Cognition Records, Tree Inventories)
• Soft Landscape
• Hard Landscape

... especially in the areas of:

• heating and cooling benefits
• Social cohesion benefits
• Monetary evaluation
• Green accounting
• Indigenous Reconciliation (Indigenous Strategic Plan, 2020)
• Human Health Benefits
• Restoring and preserving Sacred Places amidst growing development pressures