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Urbanization in Asia City view of Dhaka.

17 July 2017

UNESCAP workshop on resource management in Asian cities

The UNESCAP and partner project on “Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus” has been assisting 12...

14 July 2017

UNITAR and UN Environment launch environmental governance course

UNITAR and UN Environment launch a 3-hour online course to raise awareness and understanding of how international environmental agreements...

12 July 2017

New publication: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme 2017 report

The report finds that in 2015, 29% of the global population (2.1 billion people) lacked safely managed drinking water...

10 July 2017

Health and hygiene across the life course

Those who suffer most from a lack of safe hygiene are the most vulnerable: women and girls, the elderly...

06 July 2017

SIWI launch #WaterWomen campaign

(Info from SIWI ): Images of women as decision makers, water managers, effective water users and stewards are very...

Noori Tales: Stories from the Indus Delta

03 July 2017

WaterAid stories from the Indus Delta

The Swedish-Eritrean photographer Malin Fezehai visited the district of Thatta in the Sindh province of southeast Pakistan, where the...

29 June 2017

Does improved irrigation technology save water?

New FAO report concludes that restoring a balance between sustainable supply and consumption of water requires first physical control...

27 June 2017

UNESCO publication on forest management and the Impact on water resources

The publication seeks to identify similarities and differences in historical forest management, climate, vegetation types and socio-economic conditions that...

22 June 2017

IUCN photo story from wetlands in Tanguar Haor

Over the past decade, the improvements made to the governance of this crucial wetland have been considerable. A photos...

19 June 2017

FAOs' AquaCrop Version 6.0 is now available

The new features of version 6.0 are: It enhances simulation of crop performance in very dry environments. It allows...

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