| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.40 |
| Liaison | Luc Surprenant |
| Submission Date | Dec. 2, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Université de Montréal
OP-9: Landscape Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Alexandre
Beaudoin Consultant, Biodiversity Vice rector's office, Finances and Infrastructures |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Total campus area (i.e. the total amount of land within the institutional boundary):
168.77
Hectares
Figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds:
| Area (double-counting is not allowed) | |
| Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses a four-tiered approach | 0 Hectares |
| Area managed in accordance with an organic land care standard or sustainable landscape management program that has eliminated the use of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides in favor of ecologically preferable materials | 168.77 Hectares |
| Area managed using conventional landscape management practices (which may include some IPM principles or techniques) | 0 Hectares |
| Total area of managed grounds | 417.04 Hectares |
If the total area of managed grounds is less than the total campus area, provide:
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program
0
If reporting an IPM program, provide:
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A brief description of the IPM program:
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Organic Program
100
If reporting an organic program, provide:
The City of Montreal has its own regulation that prohibits the use of pesticides on the whole island of Montreal (of which the City itself is a part), except in some few cases where institutions or citizens have sustained important damages.
Otherwise, the city prohibits all kinds of chemical pesticides and the Université de Montréal upholds and complies with the regulation.
Additionally, no fertilizer are use on the university managed ground except for few on-campus permacole gardens (using only natural fertilizers).
http://durable.umontreal.ca/biodiversite/agriculture/pause-udem/
Optional Fields
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A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to materials management and waste minimization (e.g. composting and/or mulching on-site waste):
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A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:
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A brief description of other sustainable landscape management practices employed by the institution (e.g. use of environmentally preferable landscaping materials, initiatives to reduce the impacts of ice and snow removal, wildfire prevention):
Residual grass cuts is kept and used as natural fertilizer on site. Certain City regulations ensure that the University removes dead leaves from the premises, including all places considered institutionnal parks (trees on grass). When possible, dead leaves are kept on new plantation sites as natural fertilizer.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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