Investigate specific research questions and consolidate data to aid AWA’s work. Choose one. 

1. Protected areas need management plans (including specific actions and timelines) to ensure that environmental outcomes are being met. Complete a literature review on protected area management planning to understand what makes a management plan more/less successful at achieving its intended outcomes. Create a data set of protected areas in the province, indicating how many have publicly accessible management plans, the date in which plans were implemented/updated/amended, and any reviews or reporting completed. Include links to any information available and summarize findings with graphs or charts. Analyze one available management plan of your choice, based on any evaluation criteria identified in the literature review. 
2. Wildlife, particularly species at risk, need management plans (including specific actions and timelines) to ensure that conservation objectives are being met. Complete a literature review on wildlife management planning to determine why it is important and what makes plans successful. Create a data set of publicly accessible wildlife management plans in the province, the date in which plans were implemented/ updated/ amended, and any reviews or reporting completed. Include links to any information available and summarize findings with graphs or charts. Analyze one wildlife management plan of your choice, based on any evaluation criteria identified in the literature review. 
3. Research Indigenous knowledge systems, perspectives, and science related to environmental conservation in Alberta. Questions to explore include:

• How do they contrast with western science perspectives?
• How do they complement western science perspectives?
• How can the conservation community better support the environmental initiatives of Indigenous Nations in the province?

Topic 1: Written Submission or Visual Presentation (summarizing the findings of the literature review and management plan analysis). Spreadsheet.

Topic 2: Written Submission or Visual Presentation (summarizing the findings of the literature review and management plan analysis). Spreadsheet.

Topic 3: Written Submission or Visual Presentation.