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Ecosystem services provided by high Andean wetlands must be understood in order to ensure their conservation. Therefore, as part of the ...
The Governments of Switzerland and the Netherlands, as well as the United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation and the World Water Council, with the participation of UN-Water are organizing a Ministerial Luncheon on Tackling Water Risks to Ensure a Sustainable Future on the occasion of the General Assembly Special Event on the achievement of...
Responding to a growing desire for active participation in shaping the future development agenda, the World We Want 2015 thematic and national consultations facilitated a global conversation seeking views and opinions from people world wide. As part of this larger effort, "The Post 2015 Water Thematic Consultation Report" synthesises...
We are glad to contact you regarding the upcoming Focused Conversation, titled: “Knowledge Sharing around water managementinnovations in the Andes and Himalayas”. This focused conversation is an KM4Dev project which opens a space to share lessons learnt by communities in both mountain...
We are pleased to inform you that the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) has launched a new web portal (as a pilot project) called United Nations Social Development Network (UNSDN) to share knowledge and good practices among social development professionals worldwide on ageing, civil...
ICIMOD sees Rio+20 as an important chance to redefine the mountain agenda considering new challenges that have evolved over the last two decades. ICIMOD is working with key institutions worldwide to make sure that the issues of mountainous countries and regions are clear and are...
Urban water management is on the verge of a revolution in response to rapidly escalating urban demands for water as well as the need to make urban water systems more resilient to climate change. Growing competition, conflicts, shortages, waste and degradation of water resources make it imperative to rethink conventional concepts - to shift from an approach that attempts to manage different...
This report aims to provide an overview of the state of the debate on poverty reduction in the face of climate change. The authors have investigated the links between poverty and climate change in practice and examined the issues in the light of a case study in Indonesia. They have...
The Situation Analyses of the Wami and Ruvu (including coastal rivers) sub-basins were produced as separate analyses of the status, conditions and key issues affecting ecosystems in each basin using existing available information. The analyses provide information on natural resources (including water), socio-economic issues and the governance structure of water resource management. The...
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