Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$1,536,917.80
Mar 4, 2025
For-profit organization
Improved Forest Management Technology for Increased Carbon Sequestration, and Reduction in Herbicide Use
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Mikro-Tek is a carbon project developer and supplier of forest carbon offset credits. Since 1990 they have applied natural fungal organisms to nursery seedlings in order to enhance nutrient and moisture uptake of trees after planting. This results in an increase in both biomass growth and carbon sequestration.
Early increase in seedling growth also helps a forest reach free-to-grow status quicker and therefore may provide a viable alternative to herbicidal spraying of reforestation sites on Crown land across Canada. The goals of this project are two-fold: to increase carbon sequestration on reforestation sites in the boreal forest, and to assess the technology as an alternative to herbicide applications.