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At Stockholm World Water Week 2010, IWMI highlighted a six-point plan for averting a water crisis. According to the institute, the following actions are required: 1) gather high-quality data about water resources; 2) take better care of the environment; 3) reform how water resources are governed; 4) revitalize how water is used for farming; 5 ...
Environmental Research Institute (University of Waikato) Centre for Sustainability [16] GNS Science (formerly the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences) NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) Te Waiora Joint Institute for Freshwater Management (University of Waikato and NIWA) Cawthron Institute
The report A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture [1] was published in 2007 by International Water Management Institute and Earthscan in an attempt to answer the question: how can water in agriculture be developed and managed to help end poverty and hunger, ensure environmentally sustainable practices, and find the right balance between food and environmental security?
The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems , and wetlands.
International Water Management Institute accepts the prize from Carl XVI Gustaf in 2012. Presented annually since 1991, the Stockholm Water Prize is an award that recognizes outstanding achievements in water related activities. Over the past three decades, Stockholm Water Prize Laureates have come from across the world and represented a wide ...
The Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI, works globally to change how water is understood, valued and managed. SIWI is a not-for-profit institute with a wide range of expertise in water governance – from sanitation and water resources management to water diplomacy. It helps create knowledge, develop capacity, and offer policy advice ...
The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) is a non-profit organization and a non-governmental organization, with the purpose of improving the management of water resources. It is a professional network of water experts which facilitates global knowledge sharing of water resources information across disciplines and geographies. [1]
The association traces its historical roots back to the International Water Supply Association (IWSA), established in June 1947 in Harrogate, United Kingdom, changing its name to International Water Service Association (IWSA) in the mid-1990s, and the International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ), which was originally formed as the International Association for Water Pollution Research ...