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Empowering people to manage water
Across East Africa, water catchment planning and development at the local level is essential for sustainable and integrated water management in the region. "It is at the local level that the opportunity for involvement of all stakeholders, including non-state actors, in water resources management exists", says Katharine Cross, IUCN Water Programme Officer. …
17 Aug 2010 | News story
Floods in Pakistan – interview partners available
Well-managed floodplains can help reduce the impact of disasters such as flooding, and help to decrease the vulnerability of cities and agricultural areas which lie in the path of devastating floods such as those in Pakistan. …
11 Aug 2010 | News story
Water management takes centre stage for Pacific Islands
“The availability of freshwater is important to the quality of life, and it is critical to the economic development of every country” was the opening message from the President of Palau, His Excellency Johnson Toribiong, in his speech to the Steering Committee meeting of the Pacific Integrated Water Resource Management Programme. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
Lao PDR steps up wetlands protection
LAO PDR has stepped up the protection of its wetlands by joining the Ramsar Convention. IUCN played a key role in the recent accession of Lao PDR to the international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands. …
21 Jul 2010 | News story
IUCN supports new WaterWiki
The WaterWiki is a new website providing a space to interact and share valuable water knowledge online. The WaterWiki is a freely accessible information resource that is growing rapidly into a global reference for water professionals. …
16 Jul 2010 | News story
New Flows Assessment for the Pangani Basin, Tanzania
The Pangani River Basin Management Project (PRBMP), implemented by the Pangani Basin Water Board, IUCN’s Water and Nature Initiative (WANI), the Dutch Development Organization (SNV), and local NGO PAMOJA, has recently developed a new Integrated Flow Assessment. …
09 Jul 2010 | News story
Communities apply CRiSTAL and take action in reducing vulnerability to climate change
The devastating aftermath of tropical storm Agatha in Central America, underscored communities’ vulnerability to climate change impacts in the region. …
06 Jul 2010 | News story
Sharing water through better governance
Strengthening skills and knowledge of local actors in the border region between Mexico and Guatemala is crucial, to ensure effective participation for better water management in the region. … | Spanish
01 Jul 2010 | News story
Ridge to Reef workshop develops new global initiative
Healthy well-managed river basins and coastal areas, where people and nature thrive, is the vision behind the development of a new IUCN initiative 'Ridge to Reef'. …
21 Jun 2010 | News story
Investing in Water Knowledge - Sharing WANI Lessons between Oceania and Central America
“Remote communities and watershed challenges such as disaster risk reduction, are what we share” said Dr. Milika Sobey, Water Coordinator for the IUCN Oceania Regional Office based in Fiji. …
15 Jun 2010 | News story
