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IWSN and HWISE in the Andes

By: Rossi Taboada (Centro de Competencias del Agua, Peru) and Chad Staddon (UWE, Bristol) on 5th Sep 2019

As part of a larger project being jointly developed by the International Water Security Network (IWSN) and the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA), the 12 questions underpinning the household water insecurity index developed by the HWISE Consortium were... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Blog Climate change adaptation HWISE Peru Resilience River basins South America University of the West of England Wetlands

Testing water quality in rural Uganda

By: Ed Hammond on 29th Aug 2019

This summer, IWSN Director Prof Chad Staddon, Field Engineer Alan Cook and a team of six students from UWE Bristol travelled to Kisoro, Uganda to conduct water research as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme. The team... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Uganda University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

Researching community awareness of new water initiatives in Peru

By: Edward Pearson on 13th Aug 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA). Our... Read more »

Categories: Blog Ecosystems Peru South America University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

UWE Bristol student reflects on her “amazing experience” in Uganda

By: Hannah Ingram on 5th Aug 2019

This summer, IWSN Director Prof Chad Staddon, Field Engineer Alan Cook and a team of six students from UWE Bristol travelled to Kisoro, Uganda to conduct water research as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme. The team... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Uganda University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

Researching the seasonality and fragility of the ecosystems of the Peruvian wetlands

By: Maria Baquerizo Montero on 22nd Jul 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA).... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Blog Climate change adaptation Ecosystems Peru South America University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

Using macroinvertebrates to research water acidification in Peru

By: Maya Loaiza on 17th Jul 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA).... Read more »

Categories: Blog Climate change adaptation Peru South America University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

UWE Bristol students research water security in Peru

on 26th Jun 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA).... Read more »

Categories: Blog Climate change adaptation Drought Ecosystems Peru River basins University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

New water research lab built in Kisoro, Uganda

By: Chad Staddon, Wayne Powell on 11th Apr 2019

Construction work has been completed on a new ‘Water Science and Innovations Lab’, which will become the hub of our ongoing activities in Kisoro, Uganda. Although we have been conducting water research in Kisoro for several years, we have... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog HWISE Uganda University of the West of England

Green Mendoza and its acequias: A Mexican architect’s impressions of urban greenspace in an Andean Argentine city

By: Adriana Zuniga-Teran on 25th Mar 2019

I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in the 2nd International Congress Water for the Future that was held in Mendoza, Argentina, on 7-9 March 2019 – my second visit to the city. It was great to... Read more »

Categories: Argentina Blog Climate change adaptation Green infrastructure Groundwater Resilience University of Arizona

‘Remote Sensing for Water Resource Management in Africa’ training course takes place in Pietermaritzburg

By: Nevil Quinn on 5th Feb 2019

In January, colleagues from the Centre for Water, Communities and Resilience (CWCR) and the International Water Security Network (IWSN) at UWE Bristol organised and co-delivered an eight-day training course on ‘Remote Sensing for Water Resource Management’ in Pietermaritzburg, South... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Remote sensing University of the West of England

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