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

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 »

Categories: Africa Agriculture Blog Climate change adaptation Drought Ecosystems Gamification Groundwater Nexus Resilience River basins uMngeni

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 »

Categories: Ecosystems News University of the West of England

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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