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IUCN and the Global Water Initiative partners conduct vulnerability assessment training
IUCN as part of The Global Water Initiative (GWI) conducted vulnerability assessment trainings across four countries in East Africa – Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. …
02 Dec 2009 | News story
Azraq: an oasis under pressure
Increasing water demands in water-scarce Jordan is putting pressure on one of the country’s largest groundwater basins, the Azraq oasis …
22 Nov 2009 | News story
IUCN at Africa Water Week
Mainstreaming climate change in integrated water resources management will be a key topic at the 2nd Africa Water Week in Johannesburg, 9-13 November. …
06 Nov 2009 | News story
Water: Centre of Climate Change
The UNFCCC’s Climate Change Talks in Barcelona are the last stop before the key COP15 conference held in Copenhagen in December, where a post-2012 climate change agreement should be agreed upon. …
30 Oct 2009 | News story
La nature, pour s’adapter au changement
Dans le monde, les effets du changement climatique se font déjà sentir sur l'homme comme sur l'environnement, et on peut malheureusement s'attendre à bien pire. En effet, l'élévation du niveau des mers menace certains pays insulaires et zones côtières ; les tempêtes, plus violentes, s'accompagnent d'inondations et de glissements de terrain ; et les sécheresses s'accentuent. … | English | Spanish
29 Oct 2009 | News story
Implication des habitants du Pangani
Les effets du changement climatique commencent à se faire sérieusement sentir dans le bassin du Pangani en Tanzanie. La couronne de neige du Mont Kilimandjaro, qui surplombe ce bassin, fond rapidement et pourrait même disparaître complètement d'ici à 2025. Le débit d'eau du bassin a fortement diminué: on assiste donc à une contraction de l'offre alors que la demande reste importante, notamment pour l'irrigation. … | English | Spanish
28 Oct 2009 | News story
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IUCN elected to the World Water Council Board of Governors
IUCN has been elected to the Board of Governors of the World Water Council (WWC) during its 5th General Assembly in Marseille, 14-16 October …
16 Oct 2009 | News story
Local Partners Champion Water and Climate Resilience in the Himalayas
“There is a water shortage in our district, what can we do?” asked Sri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, a pioneering and award winning environmental activist from the Himalayas, when meeting a delegation from IUCN in Gopeshwar, India …
07 Oct 2009 | News story
IUCN Oceania Releases New Study on Economic Costs of 2009 Fiji Floods
Disasters, such as floods, can have devastating outcomes, particularly when sensitivities of people and economies are heightened by changes in the natural landscape, argues an IUCN report, Economic Costs of the 2009 Floods in the Fiji Sugar Belt and Policy Implications. …
05 Oct 2009 | News story
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Database of wetland experts
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are the executing agencies for a UNEP project on “Sustainable Management of Inland Wetlands in Southern Africa: a livelihoods and ecosystems approach.” …
31 Aug 2009 | News story
