Tag: water security
Nova Scotia to Hire a Prosecutor to Focus on Environmental Law
Nova Scotia has announced that the province will soon hire a prosecutor to focus on environmental law, including enforcing protections of the province’s water...
Kainai First Nation Continues Climate Change Adaptation Program
The Province of Alberta will support a partnership between the Kainai First Nation and The Rockies Institute to boost climate change education, research, and...
UN Releases Guidelines for Water Data Management Policy
During the 28th UN-Water Meeting held in Rome this week, the Good Practice Guidelines for Water Data Management Policy were officially launched.
The guidelines were...
UBCM Endorses Motions to Support Better Water Resource Management
From September 25–29th 2017, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) conducted its 114th convention and voted on a number of resolutions to bring...
Report on Source Water Protection, Nutrient Management in Hullcar Valley
A team led by Oliver M. Brandes, co-director of the POLIS project on ecological governance at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies,...
Rankin Inlet Seeks Proposals to Replace Failing Water Infrastructure
The Government of Nunavut has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to produce a feasibility study to determine solutions for the replacement of aged and...
Global Institute for Water Security Receives $1.3m to Develop Sensors
Yesterday, Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced that the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) will receive an investment of over $2.7...
Grant Applications Open for Water Conservation Projects in Okanagan
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications to its 2018 Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) Grant Program.
This is the 13th...
Global Agriculture Intensity Detailed in Interactive Map
A new interactive map released this week provides the highest resolution of agriculture croplands worldwide ever published. The study has the potential to be a powerful...
Modelling Land-Human-Water Interactions Globally
Understanding the fine-level interactions between nature and people is essential in determining whether a region will suffer water scarcity in the future. That's a...
