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Investment-Related Dispute Settlement: Reflections on a new beginning
If investment-related dispute settlement mechanisms at the international level were to be built anew, what should they look like? That question was the focus of an interactive expert meeting hosted by IISD, in Montreux, Switzerland, October 17–18, 2014.
Blue bristles littering Red River Mutual Trail from snow clearing machine
"Experimental Lakes researcher Dr. Michael Rennie, who studies micro-plastics in Lake Winnipeg, said his kids brought some of the bristles home from the skating trail."
2015 Toronto Water Gala
On Thursday, February 19, 2015, IISD hosted a special event in Toronto on water to celebrate Canada’s unique Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA), which is now managed by IISD
Boreal forest stakeholders meet in OCN
“The Canadian boreal is the world’s largest remaining intact terrestrial ecosystem,” said Dr. Hank Venema, chief scientist at IISD, “Manitoba has a big piece of it and it is really only now coming under pressure from development. Manitobans want to see their economy and communities prosper, but want it done in a way that is respectful of the land and the people who live on it. We have in this province a unique opportunity to look forward, to strive for—and achieve—the right balance between development and conservation. To get things right where in many other places it has gone wrong.”