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  • Iniciativas internacionais
      Coalition launches to strengthen commitment to transboundary water cooperation With water stress on the rise in shared river basins and aquifers, over 30 governments and organizations decide it is time to do more!  This year…
  • Iniciativas internacionais
      For the first time, in the programme of the World Water Forum, the 9th edition organised around "Water Security for Peace and Development" included a day dedicated to the management of water resources at the level of basins ("basin…
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    The upper basin of the Guayllabamba River is one of the most populated areas in Ecuador, mainly due to the presence of the capital Quito. In this region water demand is growing exponentially and comes mainly from irrigation for agriculture, drinking…
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    In Madagascar, the main crop is irrigated rice grown in many low-lying areas. This agricultural practice creates a strong dependence on access to water. The presence of these many irrigated areas has led farmers to practice rice and fish farming for…
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    The Xe Bang Fai River is home to an incredibly diverse range of habitats and species, including over 130 different species of fish. Over 150,000 people are dependent on the river and wetlands for their livelihoods, particularly in relation to…
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    The 103,786-hectare watershed, located on the Central Cordillera, is supplying water to the Rio Grande II reservoir. Partially due to the agricultural dynamic of the populations, this basin shows deterioration in the water quality of its main rivers…
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    In Bluefields, on the southern Caribbean coast, more than 90% of the population has no access to safe drinking water. Residents consume water from rustic wells built manually behind their houses, permeable to city flows and nearby effluents, and…
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    Mangrove forests are among the most productive and biologically complex ecosystems in the world, and function as buffer zones protecting communities living in them. In the Yucatan peninsula, these mangroves are threatened by economic development and…
  • Retour d'expérience
    Communities in Northern Java are suffering from coastal erosion affecting hundreds of kilometers of coastline. In the district of Demak more than 3 kilometers of land including entire villages have already been swallowed up by the sea. The main…
  • Retour d'expérience
    In the sub-basin of the Macara River, basin of Catamayo-Chira, the Water Without Borders project was born to develop the binational management of the transboundary basin between the provinces of Loja (Ecuador) and Piura (Peru), with the support of…
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    A true scourge of rivers and native to South America, water hyacinth is an aquatic plant that proliferates at high speed and covers the surface of the water with a thick layer of plant biomass. While it initially purifies the watercourses in which…
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    River, which flows from southeast to northwest through diverse landscapes and ecosystems (mountains, forests, plains and urban environments) over 30 km. Changyuan River National Park covers an area of 948 hectares, including 460 hectares of wetlands…
  • Retour d'expérience
    EeTestudio has been working since 2015 in Mexico City to meet the urgent need for urban development adapted to the current environmental context and at the same time to combat the problems of frequent flooding and, paradoxically, the lack of…
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    Groundwater overdraft in China has occurred since the 1960s, when the central government encouraged farmers to build tube wells for irrigation. By 2013, 24 provinces of China were touched by groundwater overdraft. To recover depleted aquifers…
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    Initiated by the Vientiane municipality, this project to treat sewage sludge with filters planted with reeds was launched in 2015. It is coordinated by the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) which has been requested by the…