Year: 2016
Groundwater, ingredient in climate-smart agriculture: GRIPP Featured at COP22 in Morocco
From Rainfed to Resilient: Testing and Teaching Groundwater Use for Sustainable Farming in Lao PDR
Recharging Mother Nature’s Liquid Batteries
GRIPP makes a Splash at Stockholm World Water Week 2016
On Tuesday August 30th, IWMI Director General Jeremy Bird and Dr. Alvar Closas launched GRIPP at Stockholm World Water Week to an engaged audience of hydrologists, climatologists, and other experts. His call for a strong partnerships, scientific research, and rule-enforcement across regions was well received by the meeting participants who…
A call to action for Sustainable Groundwater Management
In June 2016, the International Symposium for Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR9) convened in Mexico City, Mexico to discuss sustainable groundwater management and the role of managed aquifer recharge. As groundwater becomes more heavily relied upon, proper measures need to be enacted and followed in order to prevent depletion and degradation…
New Book out Shedding Light on the “Invisible Commons”
Overexploitation in many parts of the world is leading to irreversible depletion of groundwater resources. To answer the worldwide call to safeguard this water for future generations, Springer has published a new book entitled ‘Integrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges’, edited by Anthony Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau, Randall Hunt, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo,…
Aquifer contracts: A means to solving groundwater over-exploitation in Morocco?
GRIPP Case Profile Series – Issue 1 Abstract The Moroccan government has used aquifer contracts as a management tool to control groundwater depletion. The first aquifer contract was signed in 2006 for the Souss region as a technical and financial non-binding contract between stakeholders and the government. The contract contemplated…
GRIPP raises awareness of groundwater management during the 6th Africa Water Week
Yvan Altchenko, Hydrogeologist at IWMI presented the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), during the IWMI side event on Managing Water for Resilient and Sustainable Development, which was held on 18 July 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as part of the 6th Africa Water Week. The event…
Allafrica Op-Ed piece captures the work of IWMI led GRIPP partnership
Allafrica recently published an Op-Ed which captures the work of the IWMI led Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP). The piece is written by Callist Tindimugaya, Hydrogeologist and Commissioner for Water Resources Planning and Regulation in the Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda). It was published during the…
Groundwater, ingredient in climate-smart agriculture: GRIPP Featured at COP22 in Morocco
From Rainfed to Resilient: Testing and Teaching Groundwater Use for Sustainable Farming in Lao PDR
Recharging Mother Nature’s Liquid Batteries
GRIPP makes a Splash at Stockholm World Water Week 2016
On Tuesday August 30th, IWMI Director General Jeremy Bird and Dr. Alvar Closas launched GRIPP at Stockholm World Water Week to an engaged audience of hydrologists, climatologists, and other experts. His call for a strong partnerships, scientific research, and rule-enforcement across regions was well received by the meeting participants who…
A call to action for Sustainable Groundwater Management
In June 2016, the International Symposium for Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR9) convened in Mexico City, Mexico to discuss sustainable groundwater management and the role of managed aquifer recharge. As groundwater becomes more heavily relied upon, proper measures need to be enacted and followed in order to prevent depletion and degradation…
New Book out Shedding Light on the “Invisible Commons”
Overexploitation in many parts of the world is leading to irreversible depletion of groundwater resources. To answer the worldwide call to safeguard this water for future generations, Springer has published a new book entitled ‘Integrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges’, edited by Anthony Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau, Randall Hunt, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo,…
Aquifer contracts: A means to solving groundwater over-exploitation in Morocco?
GRIPP Case Profile Series – Issue 1 Abstract The Moroccan government has used aquifer contracts as a management tool to control groundwater depletion. The first aquifer contract was signed in 2006 for the Souss region as a technical and financial non-binding contract between stakeholders and the government. The contract contemplated…
GRIPP raises awareness of groundwater management during the 6th Africa Water Week
Yvan Altchenko, Hydrogeologist at IWMI presented the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), during the IWMI side event on Managing Water for Resilient and Sustainable Development, which was held on 18 July 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as part of the 6th Africa Water Week. The event…
Allafrica Op-Ed piece captures the work of IWMI led GRIPP partnership
Allafrica recently published an Op-Ed which captures the work of the IWMI led Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP). The piece is written by Callist Tindimugaya, Hydrogeologist and Commissioner for Water Resources Planning and Regulation in the Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda). It was published during the…