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The School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) is unique in Canada, and possibly the world, in its focus on the intersection of environment and sustainability, on one hand, and business and development on the other. With programs in sustainability management, sustainable finance and accounting, environment and business, economic development and social innovation, SEED is dedicated to developing the knowledge, tools and expertise to integrate business and development with environmental and social goals.
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V2V Thematic Webinar in October:
This talk traces the implications of fisheries policy-making and management decisions on research and monitoring practices with a view to offering insights on the potential strengths and limitations of the evidence base for fisheries management. It then “turns the telescope around” so to speak and considers how data collected as part of fisheries monitoring programs typically contributes to decision-making in practice and the extent to which most fisheries management decisions are data-driven, evidence-based and transparent in nature. The talk draws from the Canadian experience but seeks to offer perspectives on fisheries management structures and practices more generally.
Title of the Webinar: Connecting data to Fisheries Decision-Making and Policy: Observations from A Practitioner in the field
Date: Oct 27, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: Trevor M. Swerdfager| Practitioner-In-Residence, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability & Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
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V2V Thematic Webinar
This talk focuses on the initiatives of ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute of India to address the multi-dimensional pressures on inland fisheries and ways in which sustainability can be achieved by responding to vulnerabilities and transitioning towards viability.
Title of the Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities in the sustainability of Inland open water fisheries in India
Date: Sep 29, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: Dr. Pranaya Kumar Parida | Scientist, ICAR- CIFRI and Fisheries Resource Assessment Specialist, CRFM, SVG
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What is the carbon footprint of a hospital bed?
Researchers from the University of Waterloo, including Alex Cimprich, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, have completed the first-ever assessment of a Canadian hospital to reveal its total environmental footprint and specific carbon emission hotspots.
The study, Environmental footprinting of hospitals: Organizational life cycle assessment of a Canadian hospital, appears in the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
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