World Water Council’s Youth Delegates

World Water Council’s Youth Delegates

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In order to integrate an intergenerational approach within the institution, the World Water Council is launching a call for interest to create a Youth Task Force, consisting of three members representing organizations addressing youth and water issues, that will be asked to study how to involve youth representatives to a...

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Ten Central African countries agree to improve forest monitoring

Ten Central African countries agree to improve forest monitoring

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The forests of Africa's Congo Basin, approximately 200 million hectares, are one of the world's largest primary rainforests, second only to the Amazon. The region's forests support the livelihoods of some 60 million people. A new regional initiative will help ten Central African countries to set up advanced national forest...

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43rd Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum

43rd Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum

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The 43rd meeting of the Pacific Island Forum (PIF 43) will take place from 27-31 August 2012. The meeting will be preceded by a Smaller Islands States (SIS) Leaders’ Meeting and Pacific African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States Leaders’ Meeting. PIF 43 will include a Formal Session, Leaders’...

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Water scarcity in the tropical Andes: Population growth outweighs climate change

Water scarcity in the tropical Andes: Population growth outweighs climate change

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As the Earth’s surface warms, climate models predict that the amount of fresh water for human consumption will likely decrease in parts of the globe. While that prospect looms for many cities around the world, a new study finds a more imminent threat to water supplies of cities in the...

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MRD: Call for papers on "Water Governance in Mountains"

MRD: Call for papers on "Water Governance in Mountains"

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2013 will be the International Year of Water Cooperation. For its August 2013 issue, the Mountain Research and Development (MRD) is seeking papers presenting well-validated policy and practice-oriented insights for supporting improved water governance in mountains (Mountain Development section), and papers that analyze water governance, its implications on people and...

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Tibetan Glaciers Shrinking Rapidly: comprehensive survey reveals influence of prevailing winds

Tibetan Glaciers Shrinking Rapidly: comprehensive survey reveals influence of prevailing winds

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The majority of glaciers on the Tibetan plateau - 100,000 square kilometers of glaciers that supply water to about 1.4 billion people in Asia - and in the surrounding region - are retreating rapidly, according to a study based on 30 years of satellite and field measurements. The research by...

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