About plants, land and wetland indicators
Alberta’s Environmental Science Program monitors Alberta’s land, wetlands and associated plant communities. This data provides information on landscape change, ecological disturbance and recovery across Alberta, and helps decision-makers make more informed decisions regarding natural resource management in Alberta. Explore the indicators below to:
- learn more about why these indicators are important
- read about the status of Alberta’s vascular plants and Alberta’s protected and conserved areas
- access additional data and resources
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Alberta’s protected and conserved areas network is vital to conserve habitat and maintain provincial biodiversity.
Vascular plants are an important component of Alberta’s biological diversity and species status updates are reported every five years.
Related publications
Scientific paper: AI-Driven wetland mapping across diverse natural regions of Alberta, Canada using combined airborne and satellite remote sensing data
Date published: February 2026
Authors: Merchant, M., J. Evans, R. Edwards, L. Boychuk, J. Simms, J.N. Hird, J. Dooley, T. Doan, S. Toni, D. Cobbaert, A. Cooper, C. Mahoney, K. Mayner, M. Nasr, N. Skakun, M. Trites-Russell and C.N. McClain
Scientific paper: Thresholding species distribution models: Simple approaches for land-use planning in multifunctional landscapes
Date published: December 2025
Authors: Abdel Moniem, H.E., C. Mallon, B. Allen, C. Littlefair, L. Leston, E. Azeria, A. Petty, and D. Pendlebury
Scientific paper: Large carbon losses from burned permafrost peatlands during post-fire succession
Date published: October 2025
Authors: Schulze, C., O. Sonnentag, C.A. Emmerton, L. Harris, H. Alcock, K. Marouelli, G. Hould Gosselin, S.H. Knox, R. Howard, J. Skeeter, and P. Moore
Plants, land and wetland monitoring
Access data and learn about how Alberta’s Environmental Science Program monitors Alberta’s plants, land and wetlands: