SWP Newsletter | March 2020

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Read the 2019 SWP Annual Report

The Sustainable Water Partnership is pleased to present its 2019 annual report, which describes SWP’s achievements and lessons learned in improving water security, from stakeholder engagement to the use of data to improve water security decision-making.

SWP LEADER TALKS DATA ON PODCAST

SWP's Rodolfo Camacho spoke recently on the Wilson Center's Water Stories podcast about using data to improve decision-making in the water sector.

VIDEO: SWP'S WORK IN CAMBODIA

Watch and listen to learn about the water security challenges in one Cambodian watershed and how SWP is working to address them.

RECENT NEWS

New Security Beat | Enhancing water security and the role of diplomacy in Africa's Mara River Basin and Beyond
SWP's Rodolfo Camacho and Basil Mahayni discuss how transboundary stakeholder engagement, emerging technologies, and other factors help advance a cross-sectoral, solutions-oriented, cooperative, transboundary strategic water security agenda in Kenya and Tanzania's shared Mara River Basin.

National Geographic | Southeast Asia's most critical river is entering uncharted waters
The Mekong River has nourished civilizations for millennia. Now it's drying up, under attack from dam building, overfishing and sand mining.

The Conversation | Planting trees must be done with care, lest it create more problems than it addresses
The tide seems to be turning, and the value of land is being recognised again. But we must be careful about how reforestation takes place.

WHAT WE'RE READING

Science Direct | Freshwater scarcity: Advancing theories of change to incentivize sustainable water use
Increasing competition for freshwater underscores the need for scalable solutions to manage and mitigate the impacts of freshwater scarcity. Incentive-based water allocation can ensure flows for both human and environmental needs.

GeoHealth | Prioritizing water security in the management of vector-borne diseases: Lessons from Oaxaca, Mexico
As urban growth and climate change facilitate the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, effective interventions to reduce water insecurity will be crucial to manage the burden.

Pacific Council on International Policy | New approaches are needed for transborder water issues
The time has come for a comprehensive, globally adopted framework for managing shared water resources.