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KAP eager to partner in watershed planning

By Lorraine Stevenson February 15, 2012

The province’s new agriculture minister’s first words to Keystone Agriculture Producers delegates last week were to assure them he’s a farmer who understands their challenges. And he knows the value of teamwork. “I’m still going to maintain that mindset,” said Ron Kostyshyn, the newly minted minister of Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives. “We need

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Pelly’s Lake project moving ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Chilly? Just throw a few more cattails on the fire. The La Salle Red-boine Conservation District (LSRBCD) Pelly’s Lake back-flood project has grown in scope from water retention to cattail harvest, phosphorus reduction and biomass production. “The cattails used to be confined to the edges of the lake, but in the last few years we’ve

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Step In The Right Direction

By Laura Rance-Unger September 8, 2011

Our hats off to Pembina Valley, Assiniboine Hills, and Turtle Mountain conservation districts, which have recently completed the Pembina River Integrated Watershed Management Plan. Thirty years ago, it was considered a real accomplishment when a group of neighbouring municipalities joined together to form a conservation district. After all, they were committing to co-operate on some

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Harvest Cattails To Divert Phosphorus, Says IISD

By Daniel Winters April 7, 2011

Phosphorus in run-off water is turning Lake Winnipeg into the “most eutrophic” of all the large lakes on Earth. But on the other hand, phosphorus is a valuable nutrient that is arguably more strategically important to modern economies than crude oil. But what if the cattails in Netley Marsh were harvested and pelletized into solid

Opinion

Environment And Agriculture: Talking The Talk Or Walking The Walk

By Les Mcewan January 6, 2011

The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Lake Winnipeg Basin Summit has come and gone, and I think most participants would agree that it was a resounding success. To quote IISD director Hank Venema, “This summit has moved us closer to a unified effort under the umbrella leadership of IISD.” The issues surrounding the degraded level

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Funding For Cattails To Energy Project

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 9, 2010

Premier Greg Selinger last week announced $150,000 in funding for a pilot project at Netley- Libau Marsh to explore ways of preventing pollutants from getting into Lake Winnipeg while at the same time reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “In partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the University of Manitoba, we are announcing

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Manitoba Must Lead, Not Follow, In Water Innovation – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Henry David (hank) Venema August 26, 2010

Water is never far from the minds of Manitobans – incidents of catastrophic spring flooding across the Prairies and toxic algae washing up on the beaches of Lake Winnipeg this summer dominate our thinking. What may be less obvious is just how important sophisticated water management will be to ours and our children’s prosperity. Water

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Economic Growth Comes With A Price Tag

By Daniel Winters April 8, 2010

“A country could cut its forests and deplete its fisheries, and this would show up as a positive impact on gross domestic product, without registering the corresponding decline in assets.” – MATT MCCANDLESS Avisitor from Mars might observe that despite their appearance of extreme cleverness, humans as the dominant species on this planet have invested

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Looming Phosphorus Shortages Require Change

By Laura Rance-Unger March 4, 2010

Farmers have found an ally in a new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which says the responsibility for better phosphorus management cannot be carried by agriculture alone. The report shifts the focus from phosphorus as a noxious nutrient that must be regulated to prevent it from damaging the environment, to phosphorus

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Options Abound For Improving Phosphorus Management

By Laura Rance-Unger March 4, 2010

“The underlying problem leading to food waste stems in part from consumer behaviours supported by an economic system built to produce more than we need.” Anew report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development outlines several avenues that could be explored to improve phosphorus management: Another case for local food networks: “Cycling phosphorus exported in

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Tag Archives International Institute for Sustainable Development — page 3

KAP eager to partner in watershed planning

Pelly’s Lake project moving ahead

Step In The Right Direction

Harvest Cattails To Divert Phosphorus, Says IISD

Environment And Agriculture: Talking The Talk Or Walking The Walk

Funding For Cattails To Energy Project

Manitoba Must Lead, Not Follow, In Water Innovation – for Aug. 26, 2010

Economic Growth Comes With A Price Tag

Looming Phosphorus Shortages Require Change

Options Abound For Improving Phosphorus Management

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