Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, has a problem with water supply. Often unavailable, and grossly polluted, it costs millions of dollars a year to treat. Yet, Harare, nestled within a natural wetland has the gift of nature of easy access to plentiful and clean water – as long the source area …
Editorial on the UNESCO-IHE website, by Ken Irvine: “In the Netherlands, we celebrate Dutch engineering that keeps the country dry. The Dutch have crafted their skills of water management over 600 years, as a necessity for choosing to live below sea level; engineering the landscape, and even the wetlands such …
Dear friends and colleagues, At the Wetlands Forum workshop in Kigali in 2013, we developed ideas for the Wise-Use, Smart Plans for African wetlands. The energy of the Kigali workshop demonstrated the appetite for a pan-African Community of Practice for the protection and management of wetlands; from that meeting, …
Water-related disasters across the subcontinent highlight the urgent need for sustained investment in climate adaptation and resilience.
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On the International Day of the Girl Child, a South African social scientist looks back on her journey as a champion of water and inclusion.
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Are institutions ready to center water in climate policy, finance and decision-making?
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An IWMI diagnostic study makes the case for why irrigation innovations need stronger policy, finance and institutional systems and provides a roadmap to scale beyond pilots.
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At the UN General Assembly in New York, stakeholders advance on turning fragmented hydrological data into faster, shared decisions across river basins.
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