The «2012 Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to Water Resources Management in Africa» is a study to determine progress in Africa towards sustainable management of water resources using integrated approaches. The study was commissioned by AMCOW to collate and analyse data collected from 40 member countries of AMCOW African countries that responded to a detailed survey conducted by UN-Water.
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The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is the winner of the 2012 Stockholm Water Prize. IWMI, with headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, does pioneering research that has served to improve agriculture water management, enhance food security, protect environmental health and alleviate poverty in developing countries.
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Dutch IAH member Bram Bot informed us about a new and interesting publication (in Dutch), the «Grondwaterzakboekje». The «Grondwaterzakboekje» is a pocket companion for groundwater hydrologists. It is not a textbook, but a concise, 250-page compendium packed with useful equations, typical parameter values, checklists, rules of thumb, overviews, tables, graphs, examples and illustrations.
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The 4th edition of the World Water Development Report, «Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk», has been launched on 12 March 2012 at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France, by Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. The report has 3 volumes: (1) Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk, (2) Knowledge Base and (3) Facing the Challenges. Key messages, stakeholder briefing notes and scenario publications support the report.
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»If human nature cannot be changed, government policy can be. That might mean spending more on preventing disaster so as to cut its costs. Roughly 20% of humanitarian aid is now spent responding to disasters, whereas a paltry (but rising) 0.7% is spent on preventive measures taken to mitigate their possible consequences, according to the World Bank. The Netherlands, whose existence has long been at the mercy of nature, may be at the forefront of rethinking how to cope with it.«, according to The Economist.
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A new group about the 6th World Water Forum has just opened at LinkedIn. The group is open for discussions and news on the 6th World Water Forum (March 2012): organization, sessions, themes, suggestions, wish lists, outcries, political processes, panels, statements, programming, regional processes, receptions and other related activities.
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14 more hydrological PhD theses, most of them from ITC, Twente University in Enschede (NL), have just been added to the PhD theses section.
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This publication intends to provide a contribution not only towards the development of an improved knowledge base in the field of hydrogeology, but also to the sustainable management of groundwater resources in different regions of the world. In particular it aims to provide decision-makers with the relevant scientific information.
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The objective of the Alternative World Water Forum (AWWF) – in French, the Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau (FAME) – is to create a concrete alternative to the 6th World Water Forum, which is organized by the World Water Council. The programme is now available online, the entrance fee is attractive, and nice banners too!
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