Environmental status and trends data plays a crucial role in describing cumulative effects within natural resource management decision making, especially impact assessment and regional assessment processes. Cumulative Effects can be defined as the changes that are caused by an action in combination with other past, present, and future human actions and these effects continue to be a concern in project assessments and within most Canadian communities including Indigenous communities. Cumulative effects of development are largely outside of the control of individual project proponents and, therefore, represent a significant challenge in their inclusion into impact assessment processes. This session will explore current efforts in addressing cumulative effects through Earth Observation Status and Trends data and engage with the community through an expert panel on future directions.

• 10:15 AM
  Regional Assessment of Site Regeneration on Vegetation Status of Trends using Systematically Derived Satellite Essential Climate Variables
  Richard Fernandes, Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada

• 10:30 AM
  Automated Mapping of Lake Ice Extent with RADARSAT Constellation Mission Data
  Byung-Hun Choe, Natural Resources Canada

• 10:45 AM
  The Canadian Mine Tailings Inventory: A National Database
  Daniel Jewell, CanmetMINING – Natural Resources Canada

• 11:00 AM
  Integrating Earth Observation Data into Impact Assessment Frameworks
  Darren Janzen, Natural Resources Canada

• 11:15 AM
  Permafrost Terrain Disturbance Mapping and Susceptibility Modeling in the Nacho Nyäk Tagé (Stewart River) Watershed, Yukon
  Frederic Brieger, Carleton University

• 11:30 AM
  Site Monitoring and Remediation of Fugitive Dust: An Earth Observation for Cumulative Effects Study
  H. Peter White, Natural Resources Canada