Alberta Environmental Monitoring Agency Operational

With the coming into force on April 28, 2014 of its empowering legislation, the Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (found here), the province's new environmental monitoring agency, the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency, or AEMERA, is now open for business.

As set out at its website (found here), AEMERA has been established to monitor, evaluate and report on key air, water, land and biodiversity indicators to better inform decision-making by policy makers, regulators, planners, researchers, communities, industries and the public. Its mandate is to provide open and transparent access to scientific data and information on the condition of Alberta's environment, including specific indicators as well as cumulative effects, both provincially and in specific locations.