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IISD's diverse team of experts—which include investment lawyers, agriculture economists and fresh-water scientists—have managed projects in over 70 countries.

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Implementing Sustainable Public Procurement in Latin America and the Caribbean

This project was designed to enable the use of public procurement as a catalyst for green economic growth. Sustainable public procurement is a key factor in enabling the region to move towards an inclusive green economy. 

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  • Mainstreaming Sustainable Public Procurement through the Introduction of Product Service Systems in the Western Cape

    Mainstreaming Sustainable Public Procurement through the Introduction of Product Service Systems in the Western Cape

    This project will introduce product service systems in the Western Cape, South Africa, as a specific tool to implement sustainable public procurement. 

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  • Global and regional scenarios and trend analyses to explore sustainable futures

    Global and regional scenarios and trend analyses to explore sustainable futures

    The integrated application of alternative futures and scenarios planning can be used to explore potential future pathways that are challenging, inspiring and plausible at the global and regional levels. 

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  • Scenarios, Mainstreaming and Monitoring of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

    Scenarios, Mainstreaming and Monitoring of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

    IISD is collaborating with CARICOM and UNEP to integrate the management of environmental resources into government planning and monitoring systems and curricula at the high school and university levels. 

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  • Integrated Planning and Policy Support to Reduce Social and Environmental Risks

    Integrated Planning and Policy Support to Reduce Social and Environmental Risks

    Enhancing and developing skills that enable improved environmental management at the national and subnational levels, especially in relation to environmental impact assessment in both the public and private entities.

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  • Water Innovation Centre

    Water Innovation Centre

    The Water Innovation Centre is a multiyear strategic initiative. The centre serves as the hub for the development of scientifically defensible watershed management processes and best practices.

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  • Water-Energy-Food Security in the Context of Mining

    Water-Energy-Food Security in the Context of Mining

    Water, energy and food (WEF) security constitute critical components of human well-being and include aspects of supply, demand and access to these three necessary components of well-being.

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  • Manitoba Prairie Lakes and Eutrophication

    Manitoba Prairie Lakes and Eutrophication

    Eutrophication, or the process of nutrient enrichment in water systems, causes pronounced deterioration of water quality and is a widespread environmental problem, one which affects the quality of many Manitoban prairie lakes.

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  • Integrated Management of the Nelson-Churchill Basin

    Integrated Management of the Nelson-Churchill Basin

    This initiative of our Water Innovation Centre attempts to develop a stronger and more integrated understanding of the Nelson-Churchill combined watersheds and their benefits regionally and beyond.

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  • Lake Winnipeg Basin Management: Innovative and strategic approaches and policies

    Lake Winnipeg Basin Management: Innovative and strategic approaches and policies

    IISD’s work in the Lake Winnipeg basin through its Water Innovation Centre seeks to highlight the role of watershed management in addressing environmental and socioeconomic concerns in the basin through innovative landscape management, policies and programs.

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