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The «2012 Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to Water Resources Management in Africa» is a study to determine progress in Africa towards sustainable management of water resources using integrated approaches. The study was commissioned by AMCOW to collate and analyse data collected from 40 member countries of AMCOW African countries that responded to a detailed survey conducted by UN-Water.
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On 3 May 2012, Dr C.J. (Kick) Hemker received the award for the best paper in Stromingen, the professional magazine of the Netherlands Hydrological Society (NHV), over the first 15 years of the magazine. Dr Hemker received the prize for his groundbreaking work on whirls in groundwater.
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The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is the winner of the 2012 Stockholm Water Prize. IWMI, with headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, does pioneering research that has served to improve agriculture water management, enhance food security, protect environmental health and alleviate poverty in developing countries.
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The American intelligence community warned in a report released on World Water Day (22 March 2012) that problems with water could destabilize countries in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia over the next decade, according to the New York Times. Increasing demand and competition caused by the world’s rising population and scarcities created by climate change and poor management threaten to disrupt economies and increase regional tensions, the report concludes.
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A new group about the 6th World Water Forum has just opened at LinkedIn. The group is open for discussions and news on the 6th World Water Forum (March 2012): organization, sessions, themes, suggestions, wish lists, outcries, political processes, panels, statements, programming, regional processes, receptions and other related activities.
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The 4th edition of the World Water Development Report, «Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk», has been launched on 12 March 2012 at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France, by Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. The report has 3 volumes: (1) Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk, (2) Knowledge Base and (3) Facing the Challenges. Key messages, stakeholder briefing notes and scenario publications support the report.
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14 more hydrological PhD theses, most of them from ITC, Twente University in Enschede (NL), have just been added to the PhD theses section.
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We just received the inaugural address of Dr. Z. (Bob) Su, Professor of Spatial Hydrology and Water Resources Management at ITC in Enschede (NL), given on 3 November 2005.
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