Opportunities to fund municipal natural asset management projects Save article Remove saved article

Evidence from a growing number of Canadian municipalities provides a strong rationale to fund natural infrastructure management, including natural assets, through infrastructure funding programs. This evidence shows that natural assets such as aquifers, forests, streams, and foreshores can often provide services that are equivalent to or even better than what is provided by many engineered assets, and on a cost-effective basis. Protecting, restoring, and managing these natural assets is therefore an important aspect of supplying