Water

This guide provides a step-by-step framework for flood managers to understand the factors contributing to flood risk in their region, and to pull together the appropriate policies, nature based solutions, and traditional engineering to address the problem

On the remote island of Santa Catalina, in the Solomon Islands, a traditional spear fighting festival takes place every May/June. As the festival has become a popular tourist attraction, increasing environmental pressures, the event can also provide a unique opportunity to leverage sustainable tourism as a catalyst for positive change.

From the Himalayas to Switzerland, the world’s glaciers are melting – threatening vital water supplies and increasing the risk of sea level rise. It is there fore critical to systematically monitor the condition of the world’s glaciers and to maintain data.

For island nations on the frontline of climate change and a swathe of natural hazards, the issue of whether communities should give up the battle and leave is never far away.

The publication describes an extensive cost benefit study of the entire Tana River Basin in Kenya undertaken by Wetlands international to support the recommendation to invest in water saving measures and in less water-dependent economic development. The

The publication describes an integrated landscape approach introduced by Wetlands International and partners in Rwambu, Uganda in 2012. Their interventions that followed succeeded in keeping water in the landscape so that the water is available in both