The Guardian posted today new pictures illustrating the extent to which dam construction and deforestation have already started.
Take a look at the gallery and share with us your impressions.
WssTP & ACQUEAU's joint stakeholder event Water Innovation Europe is pleased to announce a number of high profile speakers for its two-day conference, held on the 15 & 16 May 2012 at the International Press Centre, Brussels.
Water does not exist in isolation. It is an integral part of any ecosystem and as such, every major change to this ecosystem has hydrological impacts which then lead to sociological, economic and other environmental consequences. The world’s freshwater resources are under threat from a wide variety of factors. Many of them such as over-abstraction of water from rivers and aquifers, pollution from point and non-point sources, changing patterns of precipitation are popularly known, debated and discussed widely.
Take a look at the latest news and actions of the Cap-Net international network for capacity building in sustainable water management!
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The first announcement for the 4th Africa Water Week has now been made. It will take place on 14-18 May in Cairo, Egypt.
Call for abstracts for technical sessions BY 15 April 2012
For further details, please see http://www.africawaterweek.com/
To celebrate World Water Day 2012, the European Commission releases the video "More than Water" which shows concrete results of the EU-ACP Water Facility to provide access to drinking water in the Himba villages in the north of Namibia.
For more information please visit the EuropeAid website: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/news/world_water_day_en.htm
Today on World Water Day the UN launches " Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk - The United Nations World Water Development Report 4."
To buy a copy click here.
For more information and to complete the survey please click here.
The paper is now accessible and open for Interactive Public Discussion until 23 Mar 2012 at: http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/9/485/2012/
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You can now access the new version of the Water Project Toolkit!
Its contents have been updated, and the interactive version has been enhanced and made more user friendly.
Enjoy!