IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

The Water and Nature Initiative is an action programme which brings together stakeholders to demonstrate the sustainable management of water resources. Through field projects IUCN members and partners test how stakeholder participation, improved water governance and innovative financing can improve livelihoods and maintain healthy ecosystems. 

Work is carried out in the following river basins: Barra de Santiago-El Imposible Basin (El Salvador), Huong Basin (Viet Nam), Komadugu Yobe Basin (Nigeria), Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia), Mekong Basin (Southeast Asia), Okavango (Botswana, Namibia, Angola), Tacana Basin (Mexico, Guatemala), Volta Basin (Burkina Faso, Ghana), Pangani (Tanzania), Senegal (Mauritania, Mali, Senegal).