Dalibor Urban and Jakub Vávra from Elementary Art School in Jedovnice (Czech Republic) were crowned the 2012 International Art Masters with their artwork Rivers 2021!
Tunisia is located in North Africa, between longitudes 7° and 12° East and latitudes 32° and 38° North. It is at the junction of the West and East Mediterranean, and covers a 164.000 km2 surface.
Muscat, Oman, 18-20 March 2007
The Water and Environment Team of the Sustainable Development and Productivity Division at ESCWA, in collaboration with the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ), the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment & Water Resources in Oman are organizing an Expert Group Meeting (18-20 March, Muscat) with the support of the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP – ROWA).
Social media syndication is common place on GWP. See this diagram for details.
Read the Newslines and Briefing Notes for an in-depth look into the activities of GWP South Asia and its Country Water Partnerships
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Water Ministers representing four Caribbean countries endorsed recommendations for IWRM and water financing at the 2011 GWP Caribbean/Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) High Level Session (HLS) Ministerial Forum.
Twenty-three Girl Guides participated in a residential programme in Colombo on August 5-6, 2011, to receive a “Training of Trainers” in Integrated Water Resources Management.
Twenty-three Girl Guides participated in a residential programme in Colombo on August 5-6, 2011, to receive a “Training of Trainers” in Integrated Water Resources Management.
Kafue Flats are the vast open floodplain of the Kafue River, important for fishing, cattle grazing, sugar cane farming, and production of hydroelectric power. Increased human pressure is, however, threatening the ecosystem. Action was taken by WWF to create partnerships between different stakeholders. Furthermore, an IWRM plan has been initiated. This case illustrates how integrated planning can bring together stakeholders with diverse interests.
Steadily shrinking for decades due to unsustainable irrigation policies, the Aral Sea is under increasing pressure, making both allocation and availability major challenges. Action has been taken and the Basin Economic Allocation Model has been developed as a long-term decision support system to facilitate putting “value on water use”. This demonstrates that economic models can be applied to assess economic value maximization of different water uses.