Canada Advancing Global Efforts on Mercury Management
This brief summarizes the state of knowledge on mercury management in Canada based on recent reports, as well as decades of research at the IISD-Experimental Lake Area (IISD-ELA).
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Large Area Planning in the Nelson-Churchill River Basin (NCRB): Laying a foundation in northern Manitoba (Summary)
This document summarizes a longer report that explores two trends—the growing tendency towards large basin management and consideration of ecosystem services in decision making—for the northern portion of the Nelson-Churchill River Basin in Canada.
Large Area Planning in the Nelson-Churchill River Basin (NCRB): Laying a foundation in northern Manitoba
This report explores two trends—the growing tendency towards large basin management and consideration of ecosystem services in decision making—for the northern portion of the Nelson-Churchill River Basin in Canada.
Benefit Sharing and the Boreal Forest: Insights from case studies examining resource management and governance
We explore case studies from across the globe of forest management models and determine their ability to successfully maintain ecological and cultural services in areas of resource growth.
Manitoba Prairie Lakes: In-lake remediation treatment summary
This is a summary of a comprehensive research study (Manitoba Prairie Lakes: Eutrophication and In-Lake Remediation Treatments Literature Review) in which IISD examines in-lake remediation treatments.
Manitoba Prairie Lakes: Eutrophication and in-lake remediation treatments Literature Review
Eutrophication—the enrichment of ecosystems with chemical nutrients—has deteriorated water quality in many of Manitoba’s lakes.
Water Quality Monitoring System Design
Hydrologic 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 Resource Book for Mining
This manual briefly explains IISD’s water-energy and food security framework.
Water-Energy-Food Security and Mining in Suriname: A project overview
Water, energy and food security constitutes critical components of human well-being and includes aspects of supply, demand and access to all three.