I am just back from the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP12) in, Uruguay (http://www.ramsar.org/about/cop12-punta-del-este-uruguay-1-9-june-2015). It was great to connect with many familiar faces who had attended wetlandsforum.net events. Paul Ouédraogo and Dede Amah of the Africa Ramsar secretariat , …
Second in a three-part series, IWMI’s Chaturangi Wickramaratne argues that “rights of nature” offers the strongest foundation for wetland governance.
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Over the past five years, India’s agricultural solar program, PM-KUSUM, has installed over 2.5 million solar pumps, making them affordable for smallholder farmers through subsidies. As the government prepares PM-KUSUM 2.0, the challenge is to advance the clean energy transition without continuing to over-exploit groundwater.
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Ahead of Stockholm World Water Week, leading water scientist Roberto Lenton argues that a global institutional architecture for water is long overdue.
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Selected finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their innovations at the World Circular Economy Forum 2026 in India.
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A modest zonal nursery is helping restore landscapes and livelihoods while inspiring environmental stewards in Ethiopia's Halaba community.
The post Trees for Halaba’s land restoration, livelihoods and legacy first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
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