Water
IUCN Water marks World Toilet Day
The IUCN Water Programme, through the Water and Nature Initiative (WANI), joins the global community to mark this year's World Toilet Day, a day to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. …
19 Nov 2010 | News story
WANI provides participatory platforms for water decisions in West Africa
As part of the West Africa Regional Dialogue on hydraulic infrastructures initiated by ECOWAS, local communities are invited to participate with State and Basin organisations towards the decision making processes of hydro-electric dams. … | French
11 Nov 2010 | News story
Celebrating Earth Charter with Arabic WANI toolkits launch
On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Earth Charter for North Africa and the Middle East Region, IUCN is launching two new Arabic WANI toolkits. …
09 Nov 2010 | News story
IUCN’s Cahoacan and Tacaná projects selected as role models
The IUCN Cahoacan and Tacaná projects in Mesoamerica were recently selected to feature in the new ECODES catalogue, profiling a distinct selection of innovative social projects implemented by organizations around the world. … | Spanish
05 Nov 2010 | News story
Hydropower on the agenda at annual WANI Meeting, Lao PDR
The 12th WANI coordination meeting was held in Luang Prabang, Laos from 18 to 22 October. The meeting was set to strengthen the coordination and delivery of WANI into 2012 and beyond. Global WANI coordinators and IUCN staff, along with colleagues and partners from the Mekong region discussed in particular issues surrounding hydropower development. …
23 Oct 2010 | News story
The Way Forward for Water User Associations, Tanzania
IUCN together with the Pangani River Basin Management Project and Global Water Initiative partners held a 3 day workshop on sharing experiences around community participation in water resources management in Morogoro, Tanzania from 14 to 16 September. …
12 Oct 2010 | News story
Debating NEGOTIATE: toolkit on reaching agreements over water
WANI's latest toolkit NEGOTIATE was a hot topic of discussion at last month’s Water Week in Stockholm. More than 100 participants joined in a debate on negotiating water agreements and the 4R’s: rewards, risks, rights, and responsibilities in water deliberations. …
11 Oct 2010 | News story
Transboundary waters governance in Central America
Strenghtening knowledge and capacities for shared waters governance was the aim of a high-level workshop in El Salvador facilitated by IUCN. …
08 Oct 2010 | News story
Water and Climate: Focus of 2010 World Water Week
How does water allocation happen if water resources increasingly fluctuate? What does sustainability mean in the context of an evolving definition of “normal”? …
06 Oct 2010 | News story
Encuentro de Cuencas - Basin managers meet in Costa Rica
Not designed as a formal congress or workshop, the "Encuentro de Cuencas" meeting gathered those working on water at the community level, to share lessons and stories on local water management experiences. … | Spanish
05 Oct 2010 | News story
