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Blog: In search of resilience
By Stefano Barchiesi. My first contact with the SEARCH project was in Morocco in 2011. Recently I went back, this time well acquainted with its multi-country team of committed water and community engagement professionals. It hadn't been my first contact with resilience, though. …
01 May 2013 | News story
Post2015 Process: The Water Thematic Consultation Report
Following the online UN Post2015 consultation process, a report on the thematic consultation on Water has been published and is now available for public commenting. …
26 Apr 2013 | News story
Blog: Nature, the unseen dimension of the nexus – exposed!
By Rebecca Welling. Walking into my first UNECE meeting on the topic of the Nexus in transboundary basins, I was a little nervous and not sure what to expect. It was the first time I attended a meeting in the UN headquarters representing IUCN Water, and on top of this I was to do a presentation on the role of Nature in the Nexus the following morning. …
11 Apr 2013 | News story
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