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	Natural Resources Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is a department of the government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing.
		Its involvement in natural resources goes back to the creation of the first Canadian government scientific entity by the Province of Canada in 1842.
		The department is governed by the Resources and Technical Surveys Act, R.S.C., c.R-7 and the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natural_Resources_Canada (170 words)

	Natural Resources Canada 4 / 11
		It fulfills a requirement of the Resources and Technical Surveys Act of 1949 and 1994 that the Minister "make a full and scientific examination of the geological structure and mineralogy of Canada." GSC is the departmental resource for information about geoscience including Canada's landmass and offshore.
		Geomatics Canada is a division of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada.
		Its mission is "A better energy future for Canada." ES focuses on science and technology, policies, programs, knowledge and international activities in the areas of energy efficiency, renewables and alternatives, and energy resources to further sustainable development.
	infosource.gc.ca /inst/rsn/fed04_e.asp (1640 words)

	Minister of Natural Resources (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minister of Natural Resources (French: Ministre des Ressources naturelles) in the Cabinet of Canada is the minister responsible for Natural Resources Canada.
		As of February 6, 2006, the Minister of Natural Resources is Gary Lunn.
		Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_Natural_Resources_(Canada) (101 words)

	Natural Resources Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Natural Resources Canada is the ministry of the Cabinet of Canada of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, mineral s and metal s, forest s and earth science s of Canada.
		The current Minister of Natural Resources is John Efford.
		Because American companies are privatizing their natural resources while their government takes the money and throws away millions of pounds of food a year.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Natural_Resources_Canada.html (1031 words)

	AllRefer.com - conservation of natural resources, Environment (Environmental Studies) - Encyclopedia
		and referred to the management, mainly for economic reasons, of such valuable natural resources as timber, fish, game, topsoil, pastureland, and minerals, and also to the preservation of forests (see forestry), wildlife (see wildlife refuge), parkland, wilderness, and watershed areas.
		Conservation of natural resources is now usually embraced in the broader conception of conserving the earth itself by protecting its capacity for self-renewal.
		Particularly complex are the problems of nonrenewable resources such as oil and coal (see energy, sources of) and other minerals in great demand.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/conserva-nat.html (363 words)

	Research, Technology, Innovation - Natural Resources Canada
		Natural Resources Canada's vision statement is the following: "For the next century, Canada must become the world's 'smartest' natural resources developer, user and exporter: the most high-tech; the most environmentally friendly; the most socially responsible; the most productive and competitive."
		Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) promotes the sustainable development and responsible use of Canada's mineral, energy and forestry resources, and develops an understanding of Canada's landmass.
		Metals in the environment are derived from natural, geological sources as well as from the activities of our modern society, from mining and manufacturing to urban living.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inrti-rti.nsf/en/te01459e.html (1626 words)

	eKOCOMFORT Partners: Natural Resources Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The primary objective of the Energy Technology Centre (CETC) of Natural Resources Canada is to develop and deploy technologies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
		Canada has agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 per cent for the year 2012 (compared to 1990 levels).
		Natural Resources Canada was the lead government agency in the development of the ēKOCOMFORT® system.
	ekocomfort.ca /html/partners/nrcan.html (253 words)

	Natural Resources Canada - Clean Energy - Other Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency offers the FBI to help federal departments and agencies reduce energy and water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
		In partnership with industry, universities and government, NRC has established a national initiative to foster the emergence of a viable, knowledge-based and environmentally sound fuel cell industry in Canada.
		Established in April 1998 as part of Natural Resources Canada, the OEE's mandate is to renew, strengthen and expand Canada's commitment to energy efficiency.
	www.cleanenergy.gc.ca /resources/init_e.asp?item=348 (1321 words)

	Learning Resources: Natural resources research project
		If this activity is used as a follow-up to “Introduction to Canada’s Ecozones Level 1 Activity,” have students work independently to apply their knowledge of the ecozones to discover where Canada’s natural resources exist and how they are utilized.
		If this activity is not used with the “Introduction to Canada’s Ecozones Level 1 Activity,” introduce or review the concept of ecozones and assign ecozone(s) and primary resource industries to students or groups of students.
		In the Canada year book 1999 CD-ROM, the Tables Index to Section 1, Chapter 2 provides additional material for the teacher to use as a guide to the impact of resource industries on the environment.
	www.statcan.ca /english/kits/natur1.htm (454 words)

	Natural Resources Canada - Clean Energy - International
		Furthermore, natural gas is already being extracted within Pakistan in large quantities and wide-scale adoption of natural gas fuels would reduce Pakistan's dependence on foreign fuel supplies.
		Following Environment Canada's testing, TEAM provided $347,000 for a project to demonstrate and field test the conversion technology in Karachi and Lahore, the two largest cities in Pakistan, and Quetta, a city that had stopped issuing new permits for auto-rickshaws due to pollution.
		In this way, ESI seeks to enhance upon the naturally occurring coal resources, the infrastructure currently in place, and the availability of appropriately skilled and experienced personnel of the Minto-Chipman area of New Brunswick, and at the same time contribution towards the Province’s continuing efforts to reduce atmospheric contaminants including Green House Gas (“GHG”) emissions.
	www.cleanenergy.gc.ca /international/projects_e.asp (10611 words)

	The Buildings Group :: Projects & Initiatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Over the years, Natural Resources Canada has contributed a multitude of resources for the advancement of the research and deployment of energy efficient windows.
		The EnerGuide for Houses is a program offered by Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency intended to help homeowners obtain independent, expert advice about the energy efficiency of their homes.
		R-2000 is a program offered by Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency, which encourages and certifies the building of energy efficient houses according certain criteria, are environmentally friendly and healthy to live in.
	www.buildingsgroup.nrcan.gc.ca /projects/projects_e.html (796 words)

	Natural Resources Canada News Room - In Defence of the First Nations Culture
		Each day, employees of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) walking through the loading dock at 615 Booth Street in Ottawa pass one of Canada's celebrated artistic talents and ambassadors for Aboriginal interests.
		The Dreamspeakers International Film Festival, being held from June 22 to 25, is sponsoring the Walk of Honour in recognition of Aboriginal people who have helped shape the face of Canada and the future of First Nations people.
		EMI Music Canada is putting together a box set of Aboriginal music CDs tentatively entitled A Soundtrack of a People as a companion to The Encyclopedia of Native Music, compiled by Brian Wright-McLeod.
	www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca /media/articles/2005/2005art10_e.htm (1049 words)

	Burn it Smart - Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has been the lead on this cross-jurisdictional venture for cleaner, safer, more efficient wood burning.
		Government members of the campaign steering committee: Environment Canada, Health Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Nova Scotia Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment Quebec, Alberta Environment Ministry, Yukon Development Corporation, and City of Montreal.
		The national Burn it Smart campaign was presented in 28 regions (approximately 300 communities) across Canada between September 2002 and March 2003.
	www.burnitsmart.org /english/background (443 words)

	Natural Resources Canada
		Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has been a long time supporter of the U.S. Department of Energy's advanced vehicle technology competition program, providing technical and program support for more than 20 competitions over 16 years.
		Challenge X underscores NRCan's commitment to addressing greenhouse gas reductions and supporting sustainable energy policies and advanced automotive technologies.
		NRCan provides knowledge, expertise, and program activities for the sustainable development and use of Canada's natural resources and to support the global competitiveness of its resource and related sectors.
	www.challengex.org /sponsors/nrc.html (107 words)

	Natural Resources Canada - Legal Surveys Division
		This need is evident in the geomatics field where geomatics skills are needed by Aboriginal groups and First Nations as they attain self-government and management of their land and resources.
		The first objective of the program is to increase geomatics skills of Aboriginal/First Nation people so that they are able to effectively carry out land management, land registry and survey functions in their communities.
		Natural Resources Canada - Legal Surveys Division will share responsibilities with Aboriginal/First Nation communities in designing and implementing the projects.
	www.hrma-agrh.gc.ca /ee/pmp/promo/geomantics_e.asp (1294 words)

	Natural Resources Canada - Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Government of Canada has renewed its commitment to providing access to high-quality maps, satellite images and related data and technologies.
		The Honourable R. John Efford, Minister of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), yesterday announced that the Government has allocated funding of $60 million in Budget 2005 for a second, five-year phase of GeoConnections, a national partnership initiative led by NRCan to make Canada's geospatial databases, applications and services readily accessible online.
		The renewed commitment to GeoConnections enhances the quality of life of Canadians by supporting knowledge, innovation and technology in the natural resources sectors, which are vital to Canada's economy and society.
	www.geoplace.com /pressrelease/detail.asp?id=9983 (363 words)

	Wind Power Production Incentive (WPPI)
		The WPPI was created to help Canada reduce its direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by encouraging the development of wind energy, which does not produce emissions.
		The WPPI encourages participation from prospective producers in all regions and is expected to leverage approximately $1.5 billion in capital investments across Canada.
		Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) will implement this program and ensure that energy producers in every province and territory have the opportunity to take advantage of it.
	www.canren.gc.ca /programs/index.asp?CaId=107&PgId=622 (564 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Natural resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones
		natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land
		the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2111.html (1818 words)

	Canada Health Portal - Natural Resources Canada
		Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is a federal government department specializing in the sustainable development and use of natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests and earth sciences.
		At NRCan, we deal with natural resource issues that are important to Canadians.
		How we manage our land and resources today will determine the quality of life for Canadians both now and in the future.
	chp-pcs.gc.ca /CHP/index_e.jsp?pageid=4045&category=4004,10041 (117 words)

	CSRS :: Canadian Spatial Reference System - Algonquin Radio Observatory
		The telescope was built and operated by the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada.
		At the current time the ARO is operated by the Geodetic Survey Division of Natural Resources Canada in partnership with the Space Geodynamics Laboratory, CRESTech.
		The ARO was used in the first successful Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) experiment in 1967 and was involved as early as 1968 in Geodesy, when the baseline length between the ARO and a telescope in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was measured to be 2143 km (sigma=20 m).
	www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca /aboutus/algoobs_e.php (122 words)

	Natural Resources Canada 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Natural Resources Canada - Durability of Concrete In Marine Environment
		The Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) has an ongoing program dealing with the long-term performance of supplementary cementing materials in concrete.
		The supplementary cementing materials being investigated include low- and high-calcium fly ashes, pelletized and granulated blast-furnace slags, silica fume, rice-husk ash, and metakaolin.
	www.wes.army.mil /SL/TREAT_ISL/Programs/NaturalResourcesCanada13.html (222 words)

	Forest Fire in Canada
		As these ecosystems have evolved over the last 10,000-15,000 years (since the glacial retreat at the end of the last ice age), fire has helped to maintain their health and diversity.
		The challenge of managing fire in Canada is to find ways to effectively balance the positive ecological aspects of fire with the negative social and economic impacts.
		These activities have resulted in Canada becoming a world leader in forest fire research and management and have contributed to the overall safety and well-being of Canadians and to the sustainability of our forests.
	fire.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca /index_e.php (294 words)

	UAA Environment and Natural Resources Institute - Publications
		Carlson, M. Invasive non-native plants in Alaska: the intersection of natural and anthropogenic disturbance: Meeting of the AAAS, Arctic Division.
		Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK.
		Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage, 707 A Street, Anchorage, AK 99501.
	enri.uaa.alaska.edu /publications.cfm (2954 words)

	eBay - canada natural ..., Coins World, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canada 1978 MNH Block Natural Resources (Scott # 765-6)
		Canada - House Of Commons Natural Resources # 765-66
		Natural Regions of the United States and Canada by Char
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	Geomagnetism
		The Earth's magnetic field (or geomagnetic field) is an ever-changing phenomenon that influences human activity and the natural world in a myriad of ways.
		The geomagnetic field, along with its associated phenomena, can both assist and degrade navigation and surveying techniques; it can impede geophysical exploration; it can disrupt electric power utilities, and pipeline operations; and it can influence modern communications systems, spacecraft, and more.
		This web site and its companion website (Spaceweather Canada) describe the work of the Geomagnetic Hazards Project of the Geological Survey of Canada in monitoring and predicting the changes in the geomagnetic field throughout Canada.
	gsc.nrcan.gc.ca /geomag/index_e.php (150 words)

	Centre for Topographic Information :: Topo 101 - Topographic Maps, The Basics
		Topographic maps produced by the Centre for Topographic Information of Natural Resources Canada are used for a wide variety of applications, from camping, canoeing, fishing and hiking to urban planning, resource development and surveying.
		Because they represent the earth's features accurately and to scale, on a two-dimensional surface.
		Be sure to browse some on-line examples of National Topographic System maps, and check our list of map dealers.
	maps.nrcan.gc.ca /topo101/index_e.php (248 words)

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