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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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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Chemical engineering student working to improve water quality in Peru

on 26th Nov 2018

On 18 October, Andina, the official press agency of the Peruvian government, published an article by Luis Iparraguirre about Nazia Loayza, a student involved in PEER and International Water Security Network (IWSN) projects as part of the Agua-Andes team.... Read more »

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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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Former IWSN student championing efforts to save one of Africa’s longest remaining free-flowing rivers

on 17th Oct 2018

A former International Water Security Network (IWSN) student has been leading national efforts in Zambia to save the Luangwa River from the potentially detrimental effects of damming. Sililo Agness Musutu, who currently works as a freshwater coordinator for the... Read more »

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World Water Congress and Exhibition: Shaping Our Water Future

By: Sarah Ward on 9th Oct 2018

Between 16-21 September, 9,815 participants from 98 countries, representing governments, utilities, academia, private companies, and international organisations, came together at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo Exhibition Centre) to participate in a strategic platform discussing and co-creating solutions to our global... Read more »

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Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: the impact of the privatisation of the UK commercial fishery

By: Thomas Appleby on 9th Oct 2018

The sea is by and large a giant public open space, usually owned in some form by the state on behalf of the public. The sheer scale and multiple user nature of the space means that there are often... Read more »

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