ESSA Technologies is an innovative Canadian company specializing in environmental consulting and decision support.

Our mission is to bring together people, science and analytical tools to sustain healthy ecosystems and human communities.

The key to our success is a unique and rich combination of scientific expertise, advanced tools for systems analysis, and innovative communications techniques. We provide ideas, tools, and disciplinary expertise; our dedicated and knowledgeable team of scientists fills a niche in the consulting field — we work together in interdisciplinary teams with our clients, applying quantitative methods and qualitative concepts to resolve complex natural resource and environmental management problems.

News

    1. 27 May,
      2009
    2. Evaluating the vulnerability of Pacific salmon and bull trout to effects of climate change.
    3. ESSA has recently completed a project evaluating the vulnerability of Pacific salmon and bull trout to effects of climate change in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of central BC. A series of linked reports from this study is available on the Think Salmon website, along with a detailed project description.
    1. 19 May,
      2009
    2. Climate change could change forests in significant ways.
    3. Global warming and climate change are poised to become defining environmental issues of the 21st century. Although future outcomes for this unprecedented change are uncertain, climate change in forested landscapes is expected to make itself felt directly upon species through changes in growth, reproduction and mortality; indirectly through changes in co-evolved relationships with insects and diseases, and through changes in disturbance regimes and invasive species.
    1. 22 April,
      2009
    2. Incorporation of traditional and local knowledge and values in fisheries management.
    3. Traditional Ecological Knowledge is emerging as unique source of information for fisheries management and policy decisions. The Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council of Fisheries and Oceans Canada contracted ESSA to lead a team investigating ways of incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Local Ecological Knowledge and fishers’ knowledge to expand and strengthen Pacific salmon management.
    1. 15 February,
      2009
    2. ESSA begins VPEG project in Vietnam.
    3. VPEG, a project initiated by the Canadian International Development Agency, builds on the success of the 10 year VCEP project.

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