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Henry David Venema, PhD
» Director - Natural and Social CapitalDr. Henry David (Hank) Venema directs IISD’s Water Innovation Centre and Natural and Social Capital Program. Dr. Venema is a professional engineer with a diverse natural resource background spanning water resources, agriculture, energy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, rural development, ecosystem management, environmental economics and environmental finance.
Since 2004 Dr. Venema has led IISD’s research on water and agricultural issues in pioneering the application of Natural Capital principles to water management challenges in Western Canada. In 2009, Hank led the creation of IISD’s Water Innovation Centre with an initial mandate to build a strategic vision for Lake Winnipeg Basin management based on leading-edge policy, management and technological concepts.
The Water Innovation Centre builds upon Lake Winnipeg Basin research work Hank has directed at IISD including ecological goods and service valuation, payments for ecosystem services, decision support systems for ecosystem investments, water quality trading, large-scale nutrient capture through ecosystem restoration and watershed management, and innovative governance models for basin management. Selected Lake Winnipeg-related project descriptions can be found here.
In 2010, Hank was invited to speak at the Symposium on Canadian Water Security, the International Water Association Congress, the Global Water Systems Partnership Global Catchments Initiative, and the USEPA Sustainable Water Resources Management Seminar.
Internationally, Hank has collaborated with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Global Water Systems Project, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). In Canada, Hank has worked with the federal departments of the Environment, Agriculture and Natural Resources and within Manitoba for the provincial departments of Water Stewardship and Conservation.
Dr. Venema’s research has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Water Resources, Water International, the Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Development, the Journal of Environmental Management, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change and Global Environmental Change, Biomass and Bioenergy, European Journal of Operations Research, and Annals of Operations Research. Hank’s research has been widely cited by the IPCC's Third and Fourth Assessment Reports on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Dr. Venema also served as an expert consultant on cross-cutting issues and Working Group 2 (Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability) reviewer for the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report.
Dr. Venema's PhD research concerns landscape-based systems models for integrated rural development and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Dr. Venema's field experience includes lengthy assignments with Environment et Development Action (ENDA) in Senegal, and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India. Dr. Venema has also lived and worked in Sweden and Ethiopia on research and consulting assignments.
Education
- PhD in Systems Design Engineering (2004): University of Waterloo.
- Master of Science – Water Resources Engineering (1993): University of Ottawa.
- Bachelor of Science – Civil Engineering (gold medallist, 1990): University of Manitoba.
- Bachelor of Science – Physics (gold medallist, 1987): University of Winnipeg.
Languages
English and French.
Publications
Ecological Goods and Services: A Review of Best Practice in Policy and Programing
Paper: Dimple Roy, Henry David Venema, Matthew McCandless, 2011Ecosystem Approaches in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): A Review of Transboundary Basins
Paper: Dimple Roy, Jane Barr, Henry David Venema, 2011Netley–Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy Project
Outreach: Richard Grosshans, Karla Zubrycki, Amanda Hope, Dimple Roy, Henry David Venema, 2011Water Security in Canada: Responsibilities of the federal government
Paper: Karla Zubrycki, Dimple Roy, Henry David Venema, David B. Brooks, 2011Agricultural Participation in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Canada: Four case studies
Paper: Dimple Roy, Bryan Oborne, Karla Zubrycki, Rosemary Dohan, Henry David Venema, 2011Bio-economy offers solution to province's woes
Commentary: Henry David Venema, John Fjeldsted, 2010Prospects for Mainstreaming Ecosystem Goods and Services in International Policies
Book: M.T.J Kok, S.R. Tyler, A.G. Prins, László Pintér, H. Baumuller, J. Bernstein, E. Tsioumani, Henry David Venema, Richard Grosshans, 2010Water Quality Trading in the Lake Winnipeg Basin: A multi-level trading system architecture.
Paper: Vivek Voora, Matthew McCandless, Dimple Roy, Bryan Oborne, Henry David Venema, 2010The Manitoba Challenge: Linking Water and Land Management for Climate Adaptation
Book: Henry David Venema, Bryan Oborne, Cynthia Neudoerffer, 2010Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Canada: Recommendations for Agricultural Sector Participation
Paper: Dimple Roy, Bryan Oborne, Henry David Venema, 2009Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Advancing the geoengineering debate at the Arctic Council
Paper: Bjørnar Egede-Nissen, Henry David Venema, 2009Indicators of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change for Agriculture in the Prairie Region of Canada: Comparison with Field Observations
Paper: Darren A. Swanson, Jim Hiley, Henry David Venema, Richard Grosshans, 2009Indicators of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change for Agriculture in the Prairie Region of Canada: An Analysis based on Statistics Canada's Census of Agriculture
Paper: Darren A. Swanson, Jim Hiley, Henry David Venema, Richard Grosshans, 2009Understanding Adaptive Policy Mechanisms Through Farm-level Studies of Adaptation to Weather Events in Alberta, Canada
Paper: Darren A. Swanson, Henry David Venema, Christa Rust, Jennifer Medlock, 2009Multi-Purpose Flood Protection: A rural-urban win-win
Commentary: Henry David Venema, 2009Understanding Adaptive Policy Mechanisms through Farm-level Studies of Adaptation to Weather Events in Saskatchewan, Canada
Paper: Dimple Roy, Henry David Venema, Darren A. Swanson, Kent Pearce, 2008Full Cost Accounting for Agriculture (Final Report) – Valuing public benefits accruing from agricultural beneficial management practices: An impact pathway analysis for Tobacco Creek, Manitoba
Paper: Matthew McCandless, Henry David Venema, Stephan Barg, Bryan Oborne, 2008Ecohealth and Watersheds: Ecosystem Approaches to Re-integrate Water Resources Management with Health and Well-being
Paper: Margot W. Parkes, Karen E. Morrison, Martin J. Bunch, Henry David Venema, 2008The Natural Capital Approach: A Concept Paper
Paper: Vivek Voora, Henry David Venema, 2008An Ecosystem Services Assessment in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed: Phase 1 Report – Southern Manitoba Analysis
Paper: Vivek Voora, Henry David Venema, 2008Research in Support of the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission's Hog Production Industry Review: Task 2 - Policy/Process Review - Conclusions/Recommendations
Paper: Bryan Oborne, Henry David Venema, Allen Tyrchniewicz, 2007Research in Support of the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission's Hog Production Industry Review: Task 1 - Analysis Framework for Total Nutrient Loading
Paper: Bryan Oborne, Henry David Venema, Allen Tyrchniewicz, 2007Put ecosystem to work: Restoring wetlands, managing watersheds could save Lake Winnipeg
Commentary: Henry David Venema, 2007Field Testing the Draft Canadian Biodiversity Index: A Report on Applying Real Ecosystem Data to the CBI
Paper: Richard Grosshans, Carol Murray, László Pintér, Risa Smith, Henry David Venema, 2006Full-cost Accounting for Agriculture – Year 2 Report: Valuing Changes in Agri-Environmental Indicators
Paper: Stephan Barg, Darren A. Swanson, Henry David Venema, 2005Valuing Changes in Agri-Environmental Indicators
Paper: Stephan Barg, Darren A. Swanson, Henry David Venema, 2005Paddling upstream – water management on the prairies
Commentary: Henry David Venema, 2005Seeing the Light: Adapting to climate change with decentralized renewable energy in developing countries
Book: Henry David Venema, Moussa Cisse, 2004Advancing Sustainable Development in Canada: Policy issues and research needs
Book: Stephan Barg, Aaron Cosbey, Heather Creech, William H. Glanville, Marlene Roy, Darren A. Swanson, Henry David Venema, Konrad von Moltke, 2003The Full Costs of Thermal Power Production in Eastern Canada
Paper: Henry David Venema, Stephan Barg, 2003More costly than we think
Commentary: Henry David Venema, Stephan Barg, 2003
Audio/Video
Lake Winnipeg Basin Summit: Key concepts and summit rationale
Video: Henry David Venema, Karla Zubrycki (Editor), Jason E.J. Manaigre (Technical Producer), 2011Netley-Libau Marsh Google Earth Tour
Video: Henry David Venema, Richard Grosshans, Bryan Oborne, Karla Zubrycki (Writer), Richard Altman (Animator), Jason E.J. Manaigre (Technical Producer), 2011Hula Valley Google Earth Tour
Video: Henry David Venema, Bryan Oborne, Karla Zubrycki (Writer), Richard Altman (Animator), Jason E.J. Manaigre (Technical Producer), 2011Ñeembucú Wetlands Google Earth Tour
Video: Henry David Venema, Bryan Oborne, Karla Zubrycki (Writer), Richard Altman (Animator), Jason E.J. Manaigre (Technical Producer), 2011Hank Venema discusses the need to look at water and land management differently than ever before.
Video: Henry David Venema, Dave Wilkins (Interviewer), Jason E.J. Manaigre (Technical Producer), 2010