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Dimple Roy
Director, Water
Dimple Roy’s work is focused on the areas of integrated water resources management, watershed governance, adaptive policy-making and sustainable agriculture.
As Director, Water, Ms Roy is the lead researcher on projects on watershed management in the Lake Winnipeg basin, watershed governance, the use of economic instruments for nutrient management in agricultural watersheds, and community-based adaptation in the Canadian prairies.
In addition, she works in partnership with provincial and federal agencies to develop programs and delivery mechanisms in water and agricultural management.
Before joining IISD, she was a policy analyst with Manitoba Conservation, conducted policy and legislative analysis and coordinated the Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development. She has also been an environmental consultant on issues ranging from environmental education, sustainable community development to governance structures for effective resource management.
- Manitoba Prairie Lakes: Eutrophication and in-lake remediation treatments Literature ReviewEutrophication—the enrichment of ecosystems with chemical nutrients—has deteriorated water quality in many of Manitoba’s lakes.
- Water Quality Monitoring System DesignHydrologic Information systems (HISs) are systems for measuring, processing, storing and disseminating interlinked aspects of watershed data including the quantity and quality of climate, surface water, and groundwater. This research highlights the crucial role of HISs in the wise management of water resources.
- Water-Energy-Food Security and Mining in Suriname: A project overviewWater, energy and food security constitutes critical components of human well-being and includes aspects of supply, demand and access to all three.
- Water-Energy-Food Resource Book for MiningThis manual briefly explains IISD’s water-energy and food security framework.
- WEFsat-Mining Tool User-Guidance Manual: Water, energy and food security analysis tool for miningWater, energy and food (WEF) security are interlinked and co-dependent components of security and...
- Strategic Large-Basin Management for Multiple Benefits: Submission to the Manitoba Clean Environment CommissionThis paper was submitted to the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (CEC) for consideration in...
- Cattail Biomass in a Watershed-Based Bioeconomy: Commercial-scale harvesting and processing for nutrient capture, biocarbon and high-value bioproductsOne of the fundamental insights of the Watershed-Bioeconomy research is that phosphorus, the...
- Adaptive Policy Analysis of Saskatchewan's 25-Year Water Security PlanThe Adaptive Design and Policy Assessment Tool (ADAPTool) is an Excel-based online tool developed...
- Adaptive Policy Analysis of Mining Policies in SaskatchewanThe Adaptive Design and Policy Assessment Tool (ADAPTool) is an Excel-based online tool developed...
- Adaptive Policy Analysis of Mining Policies in ManitobaThe Adaptive Design and Policy Assessment Tool (ADAPTool) is an Excel-based online tool developed...
- Strengthening Adaptive Capacity in Two Canadian Provinces: ADAPTool analysis of selected mining policies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan: A synthesis reportThe Adaptive Design and Policy Assessment Tool (ADAPTool) is an Excel-based online tool developed...
- GovernAbilities: The nexus of sustainability, accountability and adaptability. Essential tools for successful governance in the 21st centuryGovernments today are challenged more than ever in three operational areas: pursuing sustainable...
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Agricultural Investment: A sustainable development guidebookThe nexus between water, energy and food (WEF) security is a critical component of human well...
- 2013 ADAPTool Application Strengthening Adaptive Capacity in Four Canadian Provinces: ADAPTool analysis of selected sectoral policies. A synthesis reportThe Adaptive Design and Policy Assessment Tool (ADAPTool) is an Excel-based online tool developed...
- ADAPTool Guidebook: V2.0 for Existing PoliciesThe Adaptive Design and Policy Assessment Tool (ADAPTool) is an Excel spreadsheet developed by...
- 2013 ADAPTool Application Adaptive Policy Analysis of Forestry and Wetlands Policies in ManitobaThe Adaptive Design and Policy Assessment Tool (ADAPTool) is an Excel-based online tool developed...
- Cattails Harvesting for Carbon Offsets and Nutrient Capture: A "Lake Friendly" greenhouse gas projectThe Cattail Biomass Harvesting project is pursuing and evaluating the commercial-scale harvesting...
- Cattail (Typha spp.) Harvesting in Manitoba: A legislative and market analysis for operationalization and carbon emission offsetsResearch findings from the Netley-Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy project are encouraging replication of...
- The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus: Towards A Practical Planning and Decision Support Framework for Landscape Investment and Risk ManagementIn recent decades, researchers and policy-makers have increasingly emphasized the importance of...
- Lake Winnipeg Basin Summit Follow-up Meeting: Our Lake, Our SolutionsOn November 30 and December 1, 2010, approximately 150 scientists, policy-makers, business...
- Ecological Goods and Services: A Review of Best Practice in Policy and ProgramingThis research paper provides a review of programing and research in ecological goods and services...
- Ecosystem Approaches in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): A Review of Transboundary BasinsIntegrated water resources management (IWRM) combines land and water management through broad...
- Evaluation of Integrated Management InitiativesThis paper summarizes key definitions of the integrated place-based approaches applied in Canada...
- Water Security in Canada: Responsibilities of the federal governmentIn taking on the responsibility of governing Canada, the federal government agrees to a social...
- Agricultural Participation in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Canada: Four case studiesIntegrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been recognized as an effective means of...
- Water Quality Trading in the Lake Winnipeg Basin: A multi-level trading system architecture.Lake Winnipeg is an iconic feature on the Canadian Prairie landscape and its multi-jurisdictional...
- Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Canada: Recommendations for Agricultural Sector ParticipationIntegrated water resources management (IWRM) approaches are gaining popularity as an effective...
- Understanding Adaptive Policy Mechanisms through Farm-level Studies of Adaptation to Weather Events in Saskatchewan, CanadaThis case study examines the adaptive policy features of the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation...