Stockholm International Water Institute » 2009 http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:39:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Drainage Basin Security – Prospects for Trade-offs and Benefit Sharing in a Globalised World (the World Water Week Niche Report) http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:42:20 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/ Each year, the World Water Week addresses a theme that fits within a broader niche. This report looks back over the niche on Drainage Basin Security, which covered the years 2003 to 2007. This report reflects on the knowledge, experience and lessons learned over the course of the five years, and offer a set of key messages that emerged from the plenary sessions, workshops, seminars and side events.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/feed/ 0 Fixing a World and Not Just an Economy in Crisis http://www.siwi.org/publication/fixing-a-world-and-not-just-an-economy-in-crisis/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/fixing-a-world-and-not-just-an-economy-in-crisis/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:17 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/fixing-a-world-and-not-just-an-economy-in-crisis/ By 2030, we will need two earths. That is, of course, if we plan to supply enough natural resources to maintain current consumption patterns. As world leaders look to recover from the current economic downturn, they must make sure financial reforms do not close the tap on investments to address a growing water crisis, says Prof. Luis Veiga da Cunha.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/fixing-a-world-and-not-just-an-economy-in-crisis/feed/ 0 Flood Management: Why it Matters for Development and Adaptation Policy http://www.siwi.org/publication/flood-management-why-it-matters-for-development-and-adaptation-policy/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/flood-management-why-it-matters-for-development-and-adaptation-policy/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:15 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/flood-management-why-it-matters-for-development-and-adaptation-policy/ Our species has always lived with floods. But they remain poorly understood and managed. Floods are part of a natural cycle that can never be fully controlled. Yet, traditional terminology and prevailing attitudes remain focused on a futile and often counter-productive mandate for “flood control”. As Joachim Saalmueller explains, it is time to move towards an integrated approach to flood management to save lives, increase resilience, and take advantage of the benefits to be gained in the floodplain.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/flood-management-why-it-matters-for-development-and-adaptation-policy/feed/ 0 Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought http://www.siwi.org/publication/heart-of-dryness-how-the-last-bushmen-can-help-us-endure-the-coming-age-of-permanent-drought/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/heart-of-dryness-how-the-last-bushmen-can-help-us-endure-the-coming-age-of-permanent-drought/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:13 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/heart-of-dryness-how-the-last-bushmen-can-help-us-endure-the-coming-age-of-permanent-drought/ In Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought, author James Workman tells the story of the Kalahari Bushmen’s struggle to stay on their homeland in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana and the Botswana government’s efforts to drive them from those lands.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/heart-of-dryness-how-the-last-bushmen-can-help-us-endure-the-coming-age-of-permanent-drought/feed/ 0 Innovation’s Accelerating Interest in Water http://www.siwi.org/publication/innovation%c2%92s-accelerating-interest-in-water/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/innovation%c2%92s-accelerating-interest-in-water/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:10 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/innovation%c2%92s-accelerating-interest-in-water/ Over the past decade the world of innovation has evolved to become more strategic, more open and more focused on the big issues. Innovation expert Dr. Tim Jones predicts that over the next decade, water will become as central to every company’s innovation agenda as issues such as carbon, Web 2.0 and wellness are today. While to those in the water industry this may be seen as a long time in coming, for those in many organisation’s innovation team, this is a major shift.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/innovation%c2%92s-accelerating-interest-in-water/feed/ 0 Slash and Learn http://www.siwi.org/publication/slash-and-learn/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/slash-and-learn/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:08 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/slash-and-learn/ Dr. Aracely Castro of the International Centre of Tropical Agriculture presents a new model of agricultural management that makes life better for farmers, the soil they till and ecosystems that surround them. Lesson one: mulch, don’t burn.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/slash-and-learn/feed/ 0 The Power of Rain http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-power-of-rain/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-power-of-rain/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:44:25 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-power-of-rain/ Ceren Burçak Dag had a rough start to World Water Week when her luggage got lost in transit from her home in Turkey. What happened later in the Week more than made up for it.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-power-of-rain/feed/ 0 World Water Week 2009 http://www.siwi.org/publication/world-water-week-2009/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/world-water-week-2009/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:44:21 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/world-water-week-2009/ More than 2,400 participants from 135 countries gathered in the Swedish capital for the 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm, August 16-22, and an exciting series of plenary sessions, workshops, seminars and side events. The week, hosted for the 19th time by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), featured more than 165 collaborating organisations.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3-4 2009.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/world-water-week-2009/feed/ 0 Climate Change and Water Resource Policies Among Major Donor Organizations http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-and-water-resource-policies-among-major-donor-organizations/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-and-water-resource-policies-among-major-donor-organizations/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:44:19 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-and-water-resource-policies-among-major-donor-organizations/ The policy assessment findings that emerged from this report intends to deliver a strategic summary of the current policy frameworks on water resources and climate change among major donor organizations (DANIDA, DFID, DGIS, GTZ, SDS, and USAID) and indicate areas that could be strengthened and/or gaps to fill in these two policy areas.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/climate-change-and-water-resource-policies-among-major-donor-organizations/feed/ 0 The Global Financial and Economic Crisis and the Water Sector http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-global-financial-and-economic-crisis-and-the-water-sector/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-global-financial-and-economic-crisis-and-the-water-sector/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:44:17 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-global-financial-and-economic-crisis-and-the-water-sector/ This report examines the impact of the financial crisis since 2007 and relates this to the impact of the food price crisis beginning one year earlier. It examines the status and trends in the financing of water in Africa and assesses the deficiencies of the current model that has created inadequate financial flows.

Suggestions for Sida to consider in framing its response to the immediate financial troubles are presented, and – looking beyond these – the underlying needs of Africa’s water resources management, services and governance through levers of change are also addressed.

Click here to read the executive summary.

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