Story | 21 Feb, 2019
WCEL announces a new regional report by Dr Diomandé Dro Hyacinth
Story | 20 Feb, 2019
WCEL announces a new regional report by Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao.
Story | 19 Feb, 2019
Blog: Mainstreaming inclusive green growth in Tanzania
By Michael Kwame Nkonu. Like many countries in East Africa, Tanzania is dealing with the impacts of climate change which are often manifested in frequent and severe droughts in this part of the world. As observed in the 2003, 2005 and 2009 drought years, the resultant drying out of key water…
Story | 13 Feb, 2019
By Irum Ahsan, Gregorio Rafael P. Bueta, and Briony Eales - The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Supreme Court of the Union of Myanmar and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), hosted the Asia Pacific Judicial Conference on Environmental and Climate…
Story | 11 Feb, 2019
The conservation right: a new property right for sustainability
By Jaime Ubilla - Traditional property rights have existed for more than 2000 years, but today we are witnessing the development of a new kind of property right: a conservation right (“Conservation Right”), which has emerged from legal research conducted at the University of Edinburgh in the UK…
Story | 06 Feb, 2019
WCEL remembers Bradnee Chambers
By Elizabeth Mrema - It is with deep sorrow and sadness that we have to inform you all that our friend, partner, colleague and learned brother, Bradnee Chambers, then Executive Secretary, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Secretary passed on January 23,…
Story | 06 Feb, 2019
Kilombero Valley, where Tanzania’s Kilombero Catchment is located, is immensely important to the nation and to the world due to its precious wetlands resources and ever-dependable rivers – enriching the soils and making the lands…
Story | 01 Feb, 2019
Wetlands will be the Litmus test of our climate response
Blog by James Dalton. One of the increasingly common messages proposed for the management of water resources is ‘systems thinking’. The hydrological cycle is after all, a ‘system’ – a set of constituent parts and processes that work independently but also together, allowing water to flow, drain…
Story | 01 Feb, 2019
The Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) has just launched its Strategic Plan for 2019-2024. The plan, which will help IBRRI fulfill its aim to support the effective implementation of the Ramsar Convention in the Indo-Burma region, consists of five “…
Story | 30 Jan, 2019
WCEL joins the OECD Water Governance Initiative
By Stefano Burchi & Owen McIntyre - WCEL has accepted an invitation to join the OECD Water Governance Initiative (WGI) as a new member and partner.