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.…
Research conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) in Lao PDR found that commercial banana farming in northern parts of the country was contaminating soil and water resources, which could lead to potentially detrimental impacts on human health and the environment.…
The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1–12, 2021. For the first time ever, a targeted forum for water, the Water Pavilion, will be hosted at the conference. Broadly…
Skat Foundation, a partner in the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), is a core member of a new consortium led by the Aquaya Institute, which has been awarded a five-year USD 18.9 million cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Rural…
Groundwater – the world’s largest freshwater store – is a life-sustaining resource that supplies water to billions of people, plays a central part in irrigated agriculture, and influences the health of humans and ecosystems. Water Underground is a European Geosciences Union (EGU) blog written by a global collective of hydrogeology…
Groundwater is increasingly seen as a key component of water security, driven by the mounting evidence of compounding factors of climate change, which will increase temperatures and lead to higher demands for water, especially for irrigated agriculture and in dry areas and during dry seasons. As dry areas get even…
GRIPP video for the five-year anniversary: Providing Solutions to a Resilient Groundwater-dependent Future (photo/video: Pradeep Liyanage, IWMI). The Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) is celebrating its five-year anniversary this week. It is with great pride and gratitude that we announce this, and take this opportunity to look…
World Water Week 2021 (August 23-27, 2021), organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), a partner of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), is fast approaching. With the overarching theme ‘Building Resilience Faster’, there is a strong connection to how we manage our groundwater resources. In…
The 2nd IGAD Water Forum will be held in a hybrid mode on November 5–7, 2021. The forum is organized by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat and supported by several partners of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) and several United Nations and international nongovernmental…
The 4th SADC Groundwater Conference will be held on November 10–12, 2021. This virtual conference is organized by the Southern African Development Community – Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) and supported by several partners of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP). Details of the first, second and third…
