SWP Newsletter I March 2019

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SAFEGUARDING THE MARA

Researchers are studying the Mara River to preserve its use for both humans and the world-famous wildlife that tourists from around the globe come to see. But conducting research here also means making sure the animals don't get too close for comfort.

SWP BOOSTS STALLED EFFORT TO PROTECT EAST AFRICAN WATERWAYS

The Sustainable Water Partnership is helping protect the crucial Talek and Nyangores Rivers, which contribute water to East Africa’s life-giving Mara River Basin. Planning ahead for challenges will play a key role in the project's success.

GENDER IN WASH: EMPOWERMENT BY NUMBERS

Adaptation to water insecurity can create valuable opportunities to redress power imbalances between men and women. A Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) project is developing a new tool to identify those imbalances and formulate a way to measure success.

SAVE THE DATE

The Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) will co-host a panel entitled "Feeding a Thirsty World: Harnessing the Connections Between Food and Water Security" on Monday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Continuing in the tradition of Winrock International's 2017-2018 Water@Wilson series, the panel is the first of three events this year exploring how water security impacts other aspects of international development. For more information or to RSVP, visit the event page on wilsoncenter.org.

RECENT NEWS

Eos | Everything is connected
The field of hydrology embraces the balance of worldwide systems and local behavior.

Science Alert | World's water supply is an environmental 'time bomb'
Scientists are warning that the impacts of climate variability on groundwater reserves could take a century to catch up – leaving our grandchildren to deal with the results.

Southeast Asia Globe | Traditional fishing ceremony highlights empty nets syndrome
An annual fishing ceremony in Cambodia casts a light on the issue of falling fish stocks due to upstream hydropower dams and the use of illegal fishing methods.

WHAT WE'RE READING

Water Alternatives | Not built to last: Improving legal and institutional arrangements for community-based water and sanitation service delivery in Indonesia

Indonesia has made plans to achieve universal access to water and sanitation by 2019. That may require legal reforms to give both government and the community responsibility to support and manage service delivery.

Sustainability | Financing for water -- water for financing: a global review of policy and practice
Climate variability is emerging as a systemic threat to corporate and financial assets. Water insecurity undercuts the financial viability of production assets, services and real estate. Eventually, the longer-term interests of the water and financial sectors will converge.