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 »

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‘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

The tiger of the river

By: Mark Everard on 12th Dec 2018

I write this blogpost from Paro, in the outstandingly beautiful kingdom of Bhutan, where I am speaking at the International Mahseer Conference 2018 hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and supported by a variety of organisations, including the Mahseer... Read more »

Categories: Asia Blog Climate change adaptation Ecosystems Fishing Himalayas University of the West of England

Machaya Chomba: My successful PhD journey

By: Machaya Chomba on 29th Nov 2018

On 21 August 2014, I received an admission letter from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), allowing me to pursue a PhD in Environmental Studies. My studies would be supervised by Prof. Trevor Hill and Prof. Bimo Nkhata, and supported... Read more »

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