World Rivers Day

World Rivers Day is an annually recurring occasion to highlight the many values of rivers and to increase public awareness and encourage improved stewardship of rivers around the world.

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"Maintaining our Rivers clean." World Rivers Day 2024; September 22nd.

 EVENTS: We wanted to let you know that events across the globe are now being finalized in preparation for World Rivers Day, set for Sunday, September 22, 2024 (as always, falling on the fourth Sunday in September). More than 100 countries will be participating this year across 6 continents, in what has become one of the planet’s biggest environmental celebrations. The events being organized are…

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Improving water management across the Aral Sea Basin.

The Central Asian states jointly develop practical approaches for sustainable regional water management and implement a number of selected measures. Water scarcity is a global problem that is particularly acute in Central Asia. The situation is exacerbated by severe over-exploitation of the available water resources and the effects of global climate change. In addition, water resources in the…

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What is the current state of water cooperation within West Africa's major transboundary river basins?

Globally there are 310 freshwater river basins that can be described as “transboundary,” which means that they have water resources that cross the political boundaries of two or more independent states (Wolf & McCracken, 2019). In 2017, the Strategic Action Group released its most comprehensive version of the Water Cooperation Quotient (WCQ), a report that set out to measure and rank water…

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Collective Action for Human Settlements in the Amazon: Strategies for Sustainable and Resilient Development (HLPF 2024 Side Event).

Collective Action for Human Settlements in the Amazon: Strategies for Sustainable and Resilient Development (HLPF 2024 Side Event)

Created in 1992, the Forum of Ministers and High Authorities of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI) i

Created in 1992, the Forum of Ministers and High Authorities of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI) is the highest institution for intergovernmental coordination and cooperation among the countries of the region in the areas of housing, urban planning and sustainable urban development. This Forum promotes the exchange of experiences, forms alliances and launches new initiatives to benefit the territories and the population of the region.

Watch Collective Action for Human Settlements in the Amazon: Strategies for Sustainable and Resilient Development (HLPF 2024 Side Event)

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Restrict any future mining of the Pebble deposit in certain headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed.

A new bill would protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine. U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola of Alaska just introduced the Bristol Bay Protection Act, which would prohibit the Pebble Mine and restrict any future mining of the Pebble deposit in certain headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed. If passed, the bill would codify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s veto under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act.

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Boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.

A river snakes through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it’s permanently protecting some 13 million acres (about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined) of wildlands in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and also finalized a rule that could help safeguard even more of it. Critically, the government intends for the new Special Areas Rule to serve as a pathway for the Indigenous communities who depend on the region’s natural resources to protect their subsistence rights and cultural traditions.

As the impacts of global warming and oil and gas development radically reshape the landscape and lives of the communities and wild denizens of the Far North, these actions offer a chance to slow the pace of change.

“Our lands and waters are a beautiful place on the horizon, and we have the bounty of renewal for every continent for our birds,” says Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, executive director of Grandmothers Growing Goodness, an environmental justice group dedicated to protecting Inupiat culture. Future generations need to rely on these places too, she adds, “as our elders showed us.” 

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To safeguard our future, we must unite in action.

The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food on our tables, the medicines that heal us, the livelihoods we depend on — are all provided by Earth's ecosystems, on which humanity’s survival depends. UN Environment programme.

Follow the conversation witg the hashtags #ForNature.

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4th Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Trans-boundary Basins.

4th Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins

The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discus

The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discuss best practices and lessons learned in addressing droughts in transboundary basins.   

Watch the 4th Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins.

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3rd Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins.

3rd Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins

The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discus

Watch the 3rd Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins.

The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discuss best practices and lessons learned in addressing droughts in transboundary basins.

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1st Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins.

1st Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins

The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discus

Discussing the best practices and lessons learned in addressing droughts in trans-boundary basins.   

Watch the 1st Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins.

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2nd Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Trans-boundary Basins.

2nd Meeting, Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins

The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discus

The global workshop will bring together water, agriculture, climate and environment communities as well as drought experts to jointly discuss best practices and lessons learned in addressing droughts in transboundary basins.   

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Address challenges of information and institutional knowledge sharing among riparian countries

The Editors' Choice from the latest Special Issue of the flagship Water International Journal presents a descriptive analysis of the decision support system (DSS) implemented in the La Plata basin to address challenges of information and institutional knowledge sharing among riparian countries.

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Water and food nexus: a human rights approach to water management in food systems.

Call for inputs for upcoming thematic report "Water and food nexus: a human rights approach to water management in food systems".

BackgroundThe Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo Agudo, is inviting inputs from Stat

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Rivers contribute in many ways to human well-being.

The ecosystem services of rivers include: 🍎 Provisioning services (water and food) 💧 Regulation services (water cleansing, flood reduction) 🛶 Cultural services (recreation, nature appreciation

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Cooperation is essential because 90% of Africa’s water falls within 63 river basins shared by multiple countries. 

 Sustainable, collaborative approaches to managing and developing transboundary waters also reduce geopolitical tensions from competition over natural resources and promote climate adaptation and resilience.

Some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from too much water. South Sudan, for example, ranks seventh in the world for flood risk. In contrast, countries in the Horn of Africa are facing an intense and lengthy drought, pushing 26 million people into extreme hunger. This creates profound water insecurity for tens of millions of Africans who depend on rivers, lakes, and groundwater for their health and livelihoods. Climate shocks, economic turmoil, and upheaval from conflict are compounding water insecurity across the continent. And yet Africa’s water resources offer a huge opportunity for economic growth.

The CIWA 2023 Annual Report, Water Knows No Boundaries: For a Climate-Resilient and Peaceful Africa, details how it works to safeguard, mana

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Resilient rivers: counting fish from forests

Recognising that forests and freshwater ecosystems are inextricably linked within watersheds, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) and Forestry Divisions of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are jointly implementing a series of activities under the umbrella “Resilient Rivers: Counting Fish from Forests”. Under this initiative, innovative technologies…

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A Celebration of World's waterways.

World Rivers Day is an annually recurring occasion to highlight the many values of rivers and to increase public awareness and encourage improved stewardship of rivers around the world.