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Managing the Forest-Water Nexus and Mitigating Flood Events
13 November 2020
13 November 2020
Water-related disasters accounted for 74 percent of all-natural disasters between 2001 and 2018, and their frequency and intensity are generally rising. Changes in land cover/use, population growth, and climate change have resulted in an increase of floods frequency from an average of 127 events per year in 1995–2004 to 171...
The blog post focuses on the importance of the engagement of the forest and water sectors in policy processes, as well as the contributions of the Forest and Water Champions, which is an expert network that advocates better understanding the interactions and consequences of forest-water interlinkages.
Lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis: Facing the "new normal" and improving the future of the forest and water management
31 August 2020
31 August 2020
How do we want our future to look like after the COVID-19 pandemic? This was one of the questions raised previously “Lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis to the better management of our forest and water”. The COVID-19 impact on human life, forests, and water has already resulted in short term consequences....
22 May: Celebrating the SOFO 2020 launch on the International Day for Biological Diversity
22 May 2020
22 May 2020
Forests are among the most important biodiversity repositories and home to about 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. Riparian forests maintain and support aquatic biodiversity by providing shade, protecting the soil from erosion, acting as a chemical buffer, and providing nutritious terrestrial inputs to aquatic food webs. These inputs from...
Lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis to the better management of forest and water resources
15 May 2020
15 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly transformed our lives. As society has transitioned to living under lockdown, we have changed the way we connect with each other and with nature. As a result, there have been short-term impacts. In India, the Ganga River has seen a reduction in dumping of industrial and domestic waste, which has resulted in an improvement in its water quality. According to the Central Pollution Control...