TABLE OF CONTENTS LOOKING AHEAD: LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND MONITORING IN CANADA SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ECOSYSTEM CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL TIME BOMBS INDICATORS OF ECOSYSTEM STRESS AND CHANGE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR AN LTERM PROGRAM A HEAD START: ENVIRONMENT CANADA’S ECOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT NETWORK (EMAN) A PROPOSED CANADIAN LTERM PROGRAM AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH LOOKING AHEAD ECONOMIC VALUE OF CANADA’S ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES THE CANADIAN GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM FOR MORE INFORMATION

FOR MORE INFORMATION This brochure is based on a Canadian Global Change Program report titled Looking Ahead: Long-Term Ecological Research and Monitoring in Canada. The report was written by the LTERM Panel, an expert panel of Canadian scientists representing a range of university and government departments. The LTERM panel was established by the Canadian Global Change Program in 1992 to review existing ecological research and monitoring activities in Canada, to identify gaps and problems in the long-term study of ecological phenomena, and to make recommendations on how to address these issues. To obtain a copy of the report, Looking Ahead: Long-Term Ecological Research and Monitoring in Canada, or for more information on the proposed LTERM program, please contact: Canadian Global Change Program The Royal Society of Canada 225 Metcalfe, #308 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 1P9 Tel: (613) 991-5639 Fax: (613) 991-6996 E-mail: cgcp@rsc.ca