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IWSN research project shortlisted for Guardian University Award

IWSN research project shortlisted for Guardian University Award

By: Wayne Powell on 2nd Apr 2019

The International Water Security Network’s research project in Kisoro, Uganda, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Internationalisation category of The Guardian University Awards 2019. This category recognises “an outstanding project, venture or collaboration that shows the university... Read more »

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

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

‘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

IWSN researchers publish landmark collection of water security papers

By: Chad Staddon on 22nd Jan 2019

Professors Chad Staddon (UWE, Bristol) and Chris Scott (University of Arizona) have co-edited a special issue of the prominent journal Water International on the theme of “Putting water security to work: addressing global challenges”. This collection of papers, some... Read more »

Categories: Africa Monash South Africa News Transboundary Uganda University of Arizona University of the West of England

How is scarce water in South Africa really allocated and what are the implications for catchment resilience and fruit production?

on 6th Nov 2018

By Bruce Lankford (University of East Anglia), and Jon McCosh, Mlungisi Shabalala and Lutendo Mugwedi (Institute of Natural Resources) Abstract In this piece we argue that; 1) an absence of purposive managed water allocation can be observed in some... Read more »

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