the land reclamation international graduate school
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Land reclamation is an integrated approach to converting disturbed land to its original state (ecological restoration) or to an alternative state with a different end use.TRANSCRIPT
Land Reclamation
International Graduate
School (LRIGS)
Come join us.
Help make a positive impact on the world we
share.
What is Land Reclamation?
Land Reclamation is an integrated ap-
proach to converting disturbed land to its
original state (ecological restoration) or
to an alternative useable state with a
similar or different use.
Land Reclamation
One of the Most Pressing
Challenges of the 21st Century
Land reclamation is receiving increasing global
attention as human population growth parallels
the increase in land disturbances from human
activities.
Reclamation of disturbed lands is necessary to
provide for the livelihood of current and future
generations. Land reclamation professionals are
needed to help address this challenge.
Students in LRIGS are taught to think broadly
and globally across biophysical and socio-
economic realms. While conducting research
in Canada and collaborating countries, they will
gain skills to expand scientific knowledge and
to communicate with and transfer research
results to stakeholders.
Students in LRIGS will receive the education
and the experience to take leadership roles in
academia, government and industry, nationally
and internationally.
Land Reclamation
International Graduate School
Program Details
LRIGS provides both
collaborative and multi
disciplinary training in
the science of land
reclamation. Students
will enhance their
knowledge of disturbance impacts and structure
and process in ecosystem development after dis-
turbance, and determine how these disturbances
can be directed towards a desired land use via land
reclamation practices. Students will learn how to
incorporate economic values and social objectives
into development of reclamation strategies.
The research in this unique and innovative training
program encompasses reclamation strategies from
micrometre to kilometre
spatial scales and short
to long term temporal
scales. Students conduct
field research at a land-
scape, operational scale,
with field size equipment,
and laboratory research and simulation modeling in
modern, efficient facilities.
Training provides LRIGS students with an under-
standing of current world practices and challenges
in land reclamation. It facilitates rapid transfer and
implementation of land reclamation knowledge into
regulatory and industrial regimes.
Get Involved!
LRIGS is recruiting worldwide for
masters and doctoral students and
post doctoral fellows.
Contacts for
More Information
Dr M Anne Naeth, LRIGS Director
Michal Guzowski, LRIGS Coordinator
Phone: 780 492 3599
Fax: 780 492 4323
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.ualberta.ca/~lrigs/
www.facebook.com/lrigs
855E General Services Building
Department of Renewable Resources
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H1
Land Reclamation International
Graduate School
Funding provided by
the NSERC CREATE
Program