IISD-ELA in the News | South China Morning Post | March 22, 2023
"I will be addressing the conference on natural infrastructure, a way to plan, build and meet our increasingly intense infrastructure needs with what nature already provides. While the topic may not seem particularly flashy, it supports all that we do."
IISD-ELA in the News | MarketWatch | March 21, 2023
"While IPCAs protect areas of great beauty and natural value from external harm and industrial development, they also support local Indigenous laws, governance, and knowledge systems."
IISD-ELA in the News | CNBC Africa | March 20, 2023
"Africa’s own suite of Great Lakes spread across Eastern and Southern Africa—to whose protection I have passionately dedicated my professional life—should not be missing from any discussion about the future of freshwater."
IISD-ELA in the News | Calgary Herald | March 17, 2023
"Climate change is also water change, so—with elections around the corner in Alberta and Manitoba this year—we need leadership that clearly puts water on the agenda, and backs that up with support for more natural infrastructure. "
IISD-ELA in the News | Treehugger | March 9, 2023
"Only by reducing the amount of mercury introduced into the atmosphere can humans lower the amount of mercury in fish. Luckily, research at the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area found that when mercury is no longer added to an ecosystem, the ecosystem can heal, ultimately reducing the amount of mercury humans consume."
IISD-ELA in the News | CBC Radio-Canada | February 23, 2023
Josée Méthot discusses the impact of climate change on the health of the Red Deer River watershed. (*French-language interview - scroll to the section entitled "Le bassin versant de la Rivière Red Deer et les changements climatiques"*)
IISD-ELA in the News | Dryden Now | February 21, 2023
“It’s going to be a busy science year…we have some really exciting stuff including, hopefully, a new study on quaternary ammonium compounds, which is a suite of compounds that became so commonly used in COVID.”
IISD-ELA in the News | The Weather Network | February 13, 2023
"The Lake Matano discoveries had special significance for Dr. Sherry Schiff in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Her long history of studying freshwater habitats, including those at the International Institute for Sustainable Development — Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) in northern Ontario, helped her formulate a hypothesis."
IISD-ELA in the News | Dryden Now | February 9, 2023
“We are looking forward to inspiring young people from northwestern Ontario, or really across Canada, although to be honest, we’d love to give this award to a local northwestern Ontarian in field research, in biology,” says Gerrard.
IISD-ELA in the News | Cleveland Plains Leader | February 1, 2023
"Despite vastly differing locales, Lake Victoria and Lake Superior are much more similar than you would think. That means scientists from Canada and Uganda routinely and efficiently sharing knowledge and solutions across our borders to ensure the biggest impact, and to protect our precious freshwater supplies for generations to come."
