Improving water availability, ecosystem governance and livelihood security in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

By: Mark Everard on 23rd Jul 2018

This month, Dr Mark Everard (Associate Professor of Ecosystem Services, UWE) and Dr Nishikant Gupta (Visiting Research Fellow, UWE) have had one paper published, and another in press, on aspects of water and natural resource management in the Middle... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Asia Ecosystems Himalayas Nepal News University of the West of England

Students reflect on the 2018 Insaka Research Symposium

By: Busani Masiri, Jerit Dube and Diilwe Syamuntu on 12th Jul 2018

The 2018 Insaka Research Symposium was hosted by South African National Parks (SANParks) at Mopane Camp in Kruger National Park. It was a four-day event (11–14 June 2018) focusing on the theme ‘sustaining the ecosystem service benefits from green... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Climate change adaptation Ecosystems Green infrastructure Monash South Africa Resilience Student scholarships

IWSN contributes to ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Rajasthan, India

By: Mark Everard on 30th Apr 2018

Earlier this month, the NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) held a Chintan Shivir (‘debating workshop’) at its ashram (headquarters) in Bheekampura, a village in the Alwar District of the arid/semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan. Regular readers of IWSN blogposts... Read more »

Categories: Blog Ecosystems Groundwater India Resilience University of the West of England

IWSN research recognised in UN World Water Development Report 2018

By: Mark Everard on 12th Apr 2018

A paper written by an International Water Security Network researcher has been cited in a new report – the UN World Water Development Report 2018 – published by UN Water. This annual flagship report on water issues was launched... Read more »

Categories: Blog Ecosystems India University of the West of England

A new planning paradigm for Guaymallén, Argentina

By: Paula Mussetta on 4th Apr 2018

Guaymallén is a municipality in the Metropolitan Area of Mendoza, Argentina, which is known for being one of the main sites for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables for the internal and external market. In recent years, the city... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Argentina Blog Climate change adaptation Ecosystems Flooding South America

New RICS Research Trust report on regenerative landscapes

By: Mark Everard on 22nd Mar 2018

A new RICS Research Trust report authored by Dr Mark Everard on the topic of Regenerative Landscapes: Rejuvenation of linked livelihoods and catchment ecosystem services has just been published. You can find the full publication on the RICS website.... Read more »

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How cattle trampling impacts on water resources – and what can be done about it

By: Mark Everard on 26th Feb 2018

Cattle serenely sipping water from a river’s edge are often depicted in landscape art or magazine illustrations as a form of pastoral idyll. In former times, before the massive population boom of the latter half of the twentieth century... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Blog Ecosystems River pollution Student scholarships University of the West of England

Regenerating the Banas system in Rajasthan, India

By: Mark Everard on 8th Feb 2018

The International Water Security Network continues its work in the arid/semi-arid landscape of India’s Rajasthan State, progressing efforts to support regeneration of the Banas catchment. Regeneration of the Banas system has a far more than ecological meaning. Our focus... Read more »

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Cape Town – can it happen here?

By: Duncan Hay on 5th Dec 2017

There is an interesting question being posed in the corridors of power. Can the Cape Town water crisis happen in Pietermaritzburg and Durban and, if so, what should we do to avoid it? This formed part of the deliberations... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Climate change adaptation Drought Ecosystems Groundwater Monash South Africa River basins River pollution uMngeni

Protecting the páramos and mangroves: water challenges for Colombia

By: Sarah Ward on 1st Nov 2017

As the second most biodiverse country on the planet, Colombia is rightly taking post-conflict sustainable development and economic growth seriously. During my recent two-week stay, I was able to take in perspectives in two contrasting cities with similar water... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Blog Climate change adaptation Colombia Ecosystems Green infrastructure Resilience South America University of the West of England