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Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance: Promising Research in the Time for Action
By on June 15th, 2012

Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance: Promising Research in the Time for Action

El agua es la vida! Water is life! This is the declaration of a water association in New Mexico, and as national and international reports project higher frequencies and more intense occurrences of drought and flooding, the statement rings ever more true. Researchers around the world are working to protect this precious resource, and regional, [...]

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Facing the Challenge: Mapping Floodplains
By on June 13th, 2012

Facing the Challenge: Mapping Floodplains

In a recent post, UCLA Professor Matthew E. Kahn discusses the release of a series of flood maps in Norfolk, VA. The maps, which can be found in the flood awareness section of the City’s website, are intended to provide citizens with information about how projected flooding will impact them. The site even includes a [...]

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Navigating our Water Future: Lessons from Australia and Europe
By on June 05th, 2012

Navigating our Water Future: Lessons from Australia and Europe

SAVE THE DATE! A Public Lecture & Discussion Hosted by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria WHEN: Monday June 18th, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: University of Victoria, Hickman Building, Room 105 You are invited to a public lecture by internationally renowned water experts Professor Lee Godden (University of [...]

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Science-based Management of Alberta’s Rivers Necessary to Prevent Water Shortages and Pollution
By on May 29th, 2012

Science-based Management of Alberta’s Rivers Necessary to Prevent Water Shortages and Pollution

Edmonton, Alberta — In Alberta, we rely our rivers for recreational opportunities, like fishing and canoeing, and for clean, safe water supplies for our drinking water and economic development. Water Matters has released a detailed blueprint about how to use science-based management to ensure that Alberta’s rivers remain healthy, and economically and culturally beneficial over [...]

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Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on our Water Future
By on May 23rd, 2012

Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on our Water Future

ACT’s recent release of the Climate Change Adaptation & Water Governance report was followed by a 16-city cross-Canada tour last October and November conducted by ACT water policy author Bob Sandford, co-chair of the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) and one of Canada’s foremost water experts. Over a two-month period, Sandford talked to hundreds [...]

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Introducing the Waterlution Vancouver Hub
By on May 22nd, 2012

Introducing the Waterlution Vancouver Hub

The Waterlution Hub Network Presents: Water and Energy: Exploring Essential Relationships Tuesday, May 29, 2012 6:30 – 8:30pm, Doors at 6pm YWCA Welch Room, 535 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada Join us for the fifth in our series of Vancouver Hub events! This event will be Bullfrog Powered! Free admission with registration – space is [...]

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Download the new WINTER 2012 edition of the FLOW Monitor
By on May 16th, 2012

Download the new WINTER 2012 edition of the FLOW Monitor

Winter 2012: Progress Towards Freshwater Policy Since 2007 Forum for Leadership On Water (FLOW) has released a special edition of the FLOW Monitor. It looks back at the progress made towards national freshwater protection since the publication of our 2007 document, Changing the Flow: A Blueprint for Federal Action on Freshwater (www.changingtheflow.ca). The articles, organized [...]

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POLIS Webinar – Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future
By on May 15th, 2012

POLIS Webinar – Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future

POLIS invites you to join the Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future webinar. Full details are available online. Tuesday, May 29th 2012 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET (9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PT) This is the fifth, and final, webinar in the POLIS Water Sustainability Project’s 2011/2012 Creating a Blue Dialogue [...]

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