{"id":4,"date":"2021-04-12T02:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T06:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/naturalassetmanagementfundamentals\/2021\/04\/12\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2021-07-05T01:25:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T05:25:42","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/naturalassetmanagementfundamentals\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Course Overview","rendered":"Course Overview"},"content":{"raw":"<article class=\"lesson-task\"><article class=\"lesson-step\">\r\n<div class=\"lesson-step-student-content\">\r\n<div class=\"formatted-text\">\r\n\r\nWelcome to this 4-week course:\u00a0Natural Asset Management Fundamentals. I\u2019m Roy Brooke and I designed this course using videos, discussion forums, and other learning activities in each week\/module. Throughout the course, you will also be meeting and interacting with many others who are involved in natural asset management.\r\n\r\nWe\u2019ve designed this course to help local government staff, professionals in multiple disciplines who work with them, and people involved with community organizations, understand the fast-emerging field of natural asset management. The course is in divided into four modules:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Introduction to the course, natural asset management &amp; each other to help us understand: what natural asset management is, how it came about, and what is starting to happen at a community level.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The \u2018enabling environment\u2019 for natural asset management \u2013 what some of the provincial, regional and national opportunities and barriers are that can help or hinder local governments.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A detailed look at the communities that pioneered natural asset management, why and how they\u2019re doing it, and the results so far.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How to bring natural asset management into your own work.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAt the end of the course, participants will understand:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What natural asset management is, why it matters, and what conditions enable or hinder it<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How natural asset management is relevant in your own disciplines or community contexts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What you may be able to do differently as a result of knowing more about natural asset management<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Where you can get additional information on natural asset management<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEach module includes one or more video-lectures and discussions that are designed to inform, prompt reflection, and help participants consider the relevance of the work to their own contexts. In the final module, participants will apply what they\u2019ve learned in real-world, learner-relevant examples. Each module also contains\u00a0<b>resources\u00a0<\/b>(e.g., relevant reports, video links) in the\u00a0<b>Readings and Resources.<\/b>\r\n\r\nYou are not required to engage in the learning activities at any specific time. However, we recommend that you complete the activities for each module within the corresponding week. This will help you maximize learning and provide opportunities for meaningful discussion with the instructor and your fellow learners.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h3 class=\"textbox__title\"><span class=\"Heading1Char\">Readings &amp; Resources<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n<em>This is a compilation of all of the course readings and resources used in all Modules.\u00a0<\/em>\r\n<h4>Module 1<\/h4>\r\n<strong><i>Required Reading\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MNAI Natural Asset Primer\u00a0(link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What are Municipal Natural Assets: Defining and Scoping Municipal Natural Assets\u00a0(2019) (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetmanagementbc.ca\/wp-%20content\/uploads\/Asset_Management_Framework_-_short_template_v6.pdf%C2%A0\">Asset Management for Sustainable Service Delivery: A BC Framework<\/a><\/p>\r\n<strong><i>Optional Reading\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fcm.ca\/en\/resources\/guide-asset-management-resources-beginners\">FCM asset management resources<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipbes.net\/assessing-knowledge.\">IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity &amp; Ecosystem Services) summary report<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/spm_americas_2018_digital.pdf\/\">Summary report for the America<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">s:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetmanagementbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canadian-Infrastructure-Report-Card-2019.pdf\">Canada Infrastructure Report Card 2019\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetmanagementbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Integrating-Natural-Assets-into-Asset-Management.pdf\">Integrating Natural Assets Into Asset Management: A Sustainable Service Delivery Primer<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/publications\/advancing-natural-infrastructure-canada-forum-report\">Advancing Natural Infrastructure in Canada (IISD)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4>Module 2<\/h4>\r\n<strong><i>Required Reading\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MNAI Cohort 1 Results \u2013 Summary (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MNAI Cohort 2 Results \u2013 Summary (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4>Module 3<\/h4>\r\n<i><strong>Required<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Public Sector Accounting Board Final Input (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Diagram on Natural Asset Management, Title and Jurisdiction (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Advancing natural asset management through collaborative strategies for private lands (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n<strong><em>Optional<\/em><\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Town of Gibsons experience on financial planning and reporting\u00a0(link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1>Course Schedule<\/h1>\r\n<table class=\"grid\" style=\"width: 1115px;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 402.8958435058594px;\"><b>Module<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.22916412353516px;\"><b>Date<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 592.7083129882812px;\"><b>Course Activities<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 402.8958435058594px;\"><b>Course Introduction and Module 1 - What are natural assets and why do they matter?\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.22916412353516px;\">Week 1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 592.7083129882812px;\">Module 1 Activities\r\n\r\nJoin instructor for a synchronous online meeting if you are available.\r\n\r\n<b>Introduction to Padlet\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\nPost a video on Padlet introducing yourself and why you are taking the course\r\n\r\n<b>Module 1 Course Content\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\nModule 1: Drop-in online session<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 402.8958435058594px;\"><b>Module 2 - Who is doing what: Canadian case examples\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.22916412353516px;\">Week 2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 592.7083129882812px;\">Module 2 Activities\r\n\r\n<b>Module 2 Course Content\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\nModule 2: Discussion Forum: a professional or community natural asset management issues you would like to address.\r\nModule 2: Drop-in online session<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 402.8958435058594px;\"><b>Module 3 - Building a strong enabling environment\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.22916412353516px;\">Week 3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 592.7083129882812px;\">Module 3 Activities\r\n\r\n<b>Module 3 Course Content\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\nModule 3: Discussion Forum: normative and\/or professional barriers\r\nModule 3: Discussion Forum: who needs to be engaged in your community?\r\n\r\nModule 3: Drop-in online session<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 402.8958435058594px;\"><b>Module 4: Getting to scale\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 75.22916412353516px;\">Week 4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 592.7083129882812px;\">Module 4 Activities\r\n\r\nModule 4 Course Content\r\nModule 4: Individual and group assignment\r\n<b>Module 4 Discussion Forum:\u00a0<\/b>to share results of individual and group assignment\r\n\r\nFinal synchronous discussion<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/article><\/article><article class=\"lesson-task\"><\/article>","rendered":"<article class=\"lesson-task\">\n<article class=\"lesson-step\">\n<div class=\"lesson-step-student-content\">\n<div class=\"formatted-text\">\n<p>Welcome to this 4-week course:\u00a0Natural Asset Management Fundamentals. I\u2019m Roy Brooke and I designed this course using videos, discussion forums, and other learning activities in each week\/module. Throughout the course, you will also be meeting and interacting with many others who are involved in natural asset management.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve designed this course to help local government staff, professionals in multiple disciplines who work with them, and people involved with community organizations, understand the fast-emerging field of natural asset management. The course is in divided into four modules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to the course, natural asset management &amp; each other to help us understand: what natural asset management is, how it came about, and what is starting to happen at a community level.<\/li>\n<li>The \u2018enabling environment\u2019 for natural asset management \u2013 what some of the provincial, regional and national opportunities and barriers are that can help or hinder local governments.<\/li>\n<li>A detailed look at the communities that pioneered natural asset management, why and how they\u2019re doing it, and the results so far.<\/li>\n<li>How to bring natural asset management into your own work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of the course, participants will understand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What natural asset management is, why it matters, and what conditions enable or hinder it<\/li>\n<li>How natural asset management is relevant in your own disciplines or community contexts<\/li>\n<li>What you may be able to do differently as a result of knowing more about natural asset management<\/li>\n<li>Where you can get additional information on natural asset management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each module includes one or more video-lectures and discussions that are designed to inform, prompt reflection, and help participants consider the relevance of the work to their own contexts. In the final module, participants will apply what they\u2019ve learned in real-world, learner-relevant examples. Each module also contains\u00a0<b>resources\u00a0<\/b>(e.g., relevant reports, video links) in the\u00a0<b>Readings and Resources.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You are not required to engage in the learning activities at any specific time. However, we recommend that you complete the activities for each module within the corresponding week. This will help you maximize learning and provide opportunities for meaningful discussion with the instructor and your fellow learners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h3 class=\"textbox__title\"><span class=\"Heading1Char\">Readings &amp; Resources<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p><em>This is a compilation of all of the course readings and resources used in all Modules.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Module 1<\/h4>\n<p><strong><i>Required Reading\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MNAI Natural Asset Primer\u00a0(link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What are Municipal Natural Assets: Defining and Scoping Municipal Natural Assets\u00a0(2019) (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetmanagementbc.ca\/wp-%20content\/uploads\/Asset_Management_Framework_-_short_template_v6.pdf%C2%A0\">Asset Management for Sustainable Service Delivery: A BC Framework<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Optional Reading\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fcm.ca\/en\/resources\/guide-asset-management-resources-beginners\">FCM asset management resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipbes.net\/assessing-knowledge.\">IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity &amp; Ecosystem Services) summary report<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/spm_americas_2018_digital.pdf\/\">Summary report for the America<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">s:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetmanagementbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canadian-Infrastructure-Report-Card-2019.pdf\">Canada Infrastructure Report Card 2019\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assetmanagementbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Integrating-Natural-Assets-into-Asset-Management.pdf\">Integrating Natural Assets Into Asset Management: A Sustainable Service Delivery Primer<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/publications\/advancing-natural-infrastructure-canada-forum-report\">Advancing Natural Infrastructure in Canada (IISD)<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Module 2<\/h4>\n<p><strong><i>Required Reading\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MNAI Cohort 1 Results \u2013 Summary (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MNAI Cohort 2 Results \u2013 Summary (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<h4>Module 3<\/h4>\n<p><i><strong>Required<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Public Sector Accounting Board Final Input (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Diagram on Natural Asset Management, Title and Jurisdiction (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Advancing natural asset management through collaborative strategies for private lands (link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Optional<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Town of Gibsons experience on financial planning and reporting\u00a0(link removed due to copyright)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Course Schedule<\/h1>\n<table class=\"grid\" style=\"width: 1115px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 402.8958435058594px;\"><b>Module<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.22916412353516px;\"><b>Date<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 592.7083129882812px;\"><b>Course Activities<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 402.8958435058594px;\"><b>Course Introduction and Module 1 &#8211; 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