SWP Newsletter | August 2021

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SWP LAUNCHES WATER RESOURCES PROFILE SERIES

SWP publishes water resources management profiles for USAID’s Water for the World Act High Priority Countries.

MAKING SERIOUS WATER SECURITY ISSUES MORE FUN

SWP develops ECO Game: Water Security to teach stakeholders in Cambodia's Stung Chinit Basin about water security planning.

NEW CASE STUDY ON TRANSBOUNDARY COORDINATION

Lessons learned from Big Data Analytics for Transboundary Aquifer Management in Southern Africa documented in new publication.

SWP CLOSE-OUT WEBINAR!

The Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) will host an online closeout event on Wednesday, September 8 from 9:00 - 11:30 am (EST). During this virtual event, SWP staff and partners will reflect on the efforts to enhance water security, strengthen water management, improve public health and livelihoods, alleviate poverty, and encourage economic growth. Register for Advancing Water Security – a close-out event from the Sustainable Water Partnership here.

SWP @ WORLD WATER WEEK

Please join SWP on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 12:00 - 1:00 pm (EST) for Conservation in WASH Systems: Collaborating on Source Water Protection, a virtual event for Stockholm World Water Week. Click here to learn more about the event.

RECENT NEWS

ScienceDaily | Over 260,000 kilometers of rivers at risk due to proposed hydro dams
A recent analysis of a global dataset of potential hydropower project calculated their impacts on rivers worldwide and discussed the tradeoffs between hydropower development and maintaining healthy freshwater ecosystems.

Circle of Blue | Climate change Is intensifying the water cycle, new IPCC report finds
A high-level review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recently published sixth climate assessment.

Global Water Forum | Wildfire risks to water security in a changing world
This blog discusses wildfire-watershed risks (WWR), or wildfire risks to water security, in the global context and next steps that need to be taken to address them.

WHAT WE'RE READING

Winrock International | Communities, Companies, and Conservation: Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) Practitioner’s Guidebook
Based on a decade of implementation experience in Vietnam, the PFES Practitioner’s Guidebook provides a helpful framework for designing and implementing a program that fits the local conditions.

Water | Social Hydrological Analysis for Poverty Reduction in Community-Managed Water Resources Systems in Cambodia
Building on its work with SWP in Cambodia, partner, SEI, published its research on integrating qualitative and quantitative social analysis into the Stung Chinit Basin WEAP model.

Environmental Research Letters | Evidence for the Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions to Water Issues in Africa
A systematic review of 10,000 publications evaluates the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for downstream water quantity and water quality (including sediment load) in Africa