By Okke Batelaan, Flinders University/NCGRT Flinders University with its National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) (GRIPP partner), together with the National University of Laos, the Lao Department of Water Resources and the International Water Management Institute, recently carried out an 8-day field training (16 to 23 March 2018)…
The International Forum on Solar Technologies for Small-scale Agriculture and Water Management was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on 12-13 April 2018. Co-organized by FAO, IFAD, Powering Agriculture, IWMI and WLE, this forum aimed to look at the opportunities to benefit from solar technology by small-holder farmers, while also…
Vietnam’s Central Highlands have become one of the global hotspots for Robusta coffee production. Irrigation, often sourced from groundwater, is crucial to achieving the high yields that make coffee cultivation profitable in the region. The downside is that groundwater depletion has become a serious threat to coffee production and farmers’…
In March 2018, Prof Alan MacDonald was invited to talk about groundwater at a TEDx event in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Global TEDx Program helps communities, organisations and individuals to spark conversation across the topics of Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED). The TEDxHeriotWattUniversity 2018’s theme was Breaking Barriers – focusing on ideas…
26-28 September 2018, Johannesburg The Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) announces its 1st Annual Groundwater Conference, to be held in Johannesburg, 26-28 Sep 2018 under the theme Adapting to Climate Change in the SADC Region through Water Security – A Focus on Groundwater. View the Conference Pre-announcement flyer…
The book “Groundwater around the World: a Geographic Synopsis”, written by Jean Margat and Jac van der Gun, was published in March 2013 by CRC Press. The book presents a unique and up-to-date summary of what is known about groundwater on our planet, from a global perspective and in terms…
The handing over of ‘Advances in Groundwater Governance’ book took place during the opening of the third annual IWRM-conference held in Rwanda on 20th of March 2018 at the occasion of the Water and Forest Week (18-23 March). In her speech, the Ambassador highlighted the importance of good water governance…
Numerous GRIPP partners took part in the writing and editing of a groundbreaking book on groundwater governance. Published by CRC Taylor & Francis this year, the book addresses some of the biggest questions that water managers are facing around the world, and provides evidence-based and state-of-the-art solutions for governance of…
In honor of World Water Day 2018, this op-ed was first published on Zilient.org, a news and information hub for resilience practitioners, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation. By Karen G. Villholth Every day we awaken to new headlines depicting a world in crisis: storms, floods, droughts, refugees, diplomatic conflict, war. As we move…
SADC-GMI, Africa Groundwater Network (AGW-NET), Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS) and WaterNet “the Consortium of Organisers”, will be offering a short course entitled “Professional Borehole Drilling” at the IGS, University of Free State, South Africa from 23 – 27 April, 2018. Specifically, the course will address capacity to to professionally supervise…
