Cattail (Typha spp.) Harvesting in Manitoba: A legislative and market analysis for operationalization and carbon emission offsets

The report examines the legislative landscape for harvesting cattails and similar ecological biomass in Manitoba, concluding that such activities are not currently explicitly covered by federal or provincial legislation. It proposes two management frameworks: a private benefit scenario modeled on resource extraction like wild rice harvesting, and a publicly funded land management assistance scenario using contracts or incentives.

• Current federal and provincial legislation, policy, and programming in Manitoba do not explicitly include the harvesting of cattails or similar ecological biomass such as Phragmites reeds, reed canary grass, or willows.
• The report proposes two distinct management scenarios for cattail harvesting: a private benefit model based on for-profit resource extraction (similar to wild rice harvesting) applicable to Crown and private lands, and a publicly funded land management assistance model using contracts for private corporations or incentives like tax credits for landowners.

APA

Venema,, D. R. G. G. M. D. V. D. D. (2013). Cattail (Typha spp.) Harvesting in Manitoba: A legislative and market analysis for operationalization and carbon emission offsets. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/cattail-typha-spp-harvesting-manitoba-legislative-and-market-analysis

Chicago

Venema,, Dimple Roy,Richard Grosshans,Philip Gass,Matthew McCandless,Henry David Venema,Rosemary Dohan,Henry David. Cattail (Typha spp.) Harvesting in Manitoba: A legislative and market analysis for operationalization and carbon emission offsets. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2013. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/cattail-typha-spp-harvesting-manitoba-legislative-and-market-analysis.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{venema2013cattail, author = {Venema,, Dimple Roy,Richard Grosshans,Philip Gass,Matthew McCandless,Henry David Venema,Rosemary Dohan,Henry David}, title = {{Cattail (Typha spp.) Harvesting in Manitoba: A legislative and market analysis for operationalization and carbon emission offsets}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2013}, month = jul, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/cattail-typha-spp-harvesting-manitoba-legislative-and-market-analysis}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }