Between mid-2021 and the end of 2022, the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) Groundwater Task Force and the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) are organizing a series of webinars, each of which presents and reflects on different aspects of success when dealing with integrated groundwater solutions for water security, resilience and management.…
The worldwide International Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) Initiative, led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), is a multi-agency effort aimed at improving the understanding of scientific, socioeconomic, legal, institutional and environmental issues related to the management of transboundary aquifers.…
Dryland regions, such as the Ramotswa Transboundary Aquifer Area (shared by Botswana and South Africa), experience water scarcity and variability in water availability which is exacerbated by climate change. Therefore, conventional methods of irrigation scheduling – based on intuition or experience – may no longer be adequate. It is critical…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP) has been implementing the project titled ‘Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers’ (GGRETA). There were STAS and RAMOTSWA Lessons Learnedthree phases of the project – Phase 1 (2013–2015), Phase 2 (2016–2019), and the current Phase 3…
Latest edition of the Strategic Overview Series of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Accelerated global warming, resulting primarily from human overdependence on fossil fuels, is a major environmental concern of our times. Even if it can be rapidly curtailed, climate change is widely predicted to have major impacts on water…
By Viviana Re, IAH-BGID The Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-BGID) is launching a call for contributions to a new book “Groundwater, Resilient Livelihoods and Equitable Growth,” to be published in the IAH Book Series. With this book, we aim to provide a…
An informative new video by IWMI showcases groundwater irrigation research and best practices for farmers to improve resiliency to climate change in Lao PDR
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…
