Watch how investing in natural infrastructure, such as restoring forests, re-vegetating river banks, protecting and managing natural floodplains, can optimise performance of engineered features e.g. dams and reservoirs, whilst providing system-wide adaptation and local benefits.
Building River Dialogue and Governance: Hydrodiplomacy in Action
A new Shorthand explains how The BRIDGE programme works towards building river dialogue and governance in transboundary river basins. Implemented by IUCN and regional partners, BRIDGE works at the interface of hydrodiplomacy and local governance to promote new approaches in transboundary water management.
Visual storytelling: The Future of Dams: Viable Options or Stranded Assets?
This Shorthand This feature is part of a series of three on 'Future of Dams': Part 1: Viable Options or Stranded Assets? Part 2: Smart Dams - Smart Financing Part 3: Energy Options, Determining our Freshwater Future
Nature in the City - Green solutions for sustainable, healthy and resilient Cities
This Shorthand gives an insight into the 21st Century urban challenge, the work implemented by the IUCN GrowGreen project, and includes interviews with GrowGreen conference participants on implementing Nature-Based Solutions in European cities.
World Women's Day 2019: Better the balance, better the world
In 2019 the theme of World Women's Day ‘Better the balance, better the world’ focuses on celebrating women's achievements, raising awareness against bias, and taking action for equality
Water, Energy and Food Security - Fostering a Nexus Dialogue in Central Asia
A new visual story feature Fostering water, energy and food security in Central Asia explains what the Water-Energy-Food Nexus project is and how it is relevant to the Central Asian region.
State of Wetlands - World's most valuable ecosystems rapidly declining
A visual story prepared for the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13), held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21-28 October 2018.
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What is a post-CSR water stewardship strategy?
It is clear that the water stewardship value proposition is incomplete. Stewardship has, more often than not, been framed as a CSR "check the box" exercise and not about business strategy and value creation.
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The Chad Basin, a lifeline for people, nature and peace
The Chad basin, centred around Lake Chad, covers almost 8% of the African continent and is home to over 30 million people. Over half of this population carves a living out of farming, herding and fishing thanks to the basin. Yet it is shrinking at an alarming rate, the lake now covering less than a tenth of the area it was in 1960. Dams, increased irrigation, and climate change are reducing water levels. Additional tension from the rise of Boko Haram are adding further pressures on the region.
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In the spotlight
Learn some interesting facts about water resources, their use and management worldwide.
Spotlight events
26-31 August 2018, Stockholm will host the annual World Water Week. Click here for more information about the week, and all the events IUCN is organising and is involved with.