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The 10th World Congress of EWRA on Water Resources and Environment will be in Athens 5-9 July 2017.
Abstract Submission Deadline Extended


The Organising and Scientific Committee in its meeting on the 31 October 2016 decided to extend the deadline for Abstract...

The World Bank invests in corporations that extort Colombian water supplies of Colombians for millions.

Protesters gathered Wednesday simultaneously in Washington D.C. and Bogota, Colombia outside the International Finance...

There is a need to reforest Africa’s highest mountain to help protect vital water supplies that are under threat across large parts of East Africa, a UN Environment report urged today.

The loss of Mount Kilimanjaro’s forests could trigger water crisis as rivers begin to dry up...

One of East Africa's (EA) most important sources of water is drying up due to the impact of climate change on Mt Kilimanjaro, the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) warned on Wednesday.

Populations and property near Mount Elgon on the Kenya-Uganda...

A new study in the Journal of Hydrology uses a novel modelling technique that helps scientists understand the effect of evaporation on the expansion of lakes in the inner Tibetan...

The largest chain of tropical mountains in the world, comprising thirty peaks higher than 6000 meters above sea level, is the Cordillera Blanca; located in Ancash, Peru. In 1975, the Huascaran National Park was created, covering the entirety of this Cordillera over 4000 m.a.s.l....

All over the world, partnerships between government and non-government organizations (NGOs) are springing up to solve complex water management problems, coalescing individuals and groups with different skills, perspectives, and goals. These collaborative partnerships are abler to unite...

Water is abundant in Brazil, but unevenly distributed across regions and users. Remarkable progress to reform the sector has been achieved since the 1997 National Water Law, but economic, climate and urbanisation trends generate threats that may jeopardize national growth and...

Eldis, an online development information service based at the Institute of Development Studies, is pleased to launch two new climate change and development introductory guides:

1.       Water...

Rios del Paramo al Valle

Colombia's water resources management institutions need to evaluate water supply, demand, quality, and climate risks under a situation of insufficient information regarding future water provision constraints. The country's accelerated urbanization and...

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