Learning Platform // IW:Learn
IW:LEARN, the International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network, aims to strengthen transboundary waters management by facilitating global…
Web Platform // African Regional Water Resource Information System (UN-Water/Africa)
The UN-Water/Africa (formerly IGWA) comprises many UN agencies, including the Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Environmental Program,…
Web Platform // Gender and Water Alliance
The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) promotes women's and men's equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply,…
Policy Brief // The Oil Palm Sector: Community Grievances and Water Governance in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
This policy brief examines local impacts of oil palm cultivation in Indonesia, drawing on a participatory action research pilot study in one of the…
DIE ZEIT online // Loss of Fertile Soil: "It's like a Time Bomb"
The world underestimates a huge problem: the population is growing, at the same time we are losing huge amounts of fertile soil. Time to take action,…
Agriculture & Ecosystems Blog // Land grabbing: Feeding the world or the corporate bottom line?
With food prices on the rise again, World Food Day this week should attract more attention than usual. Food security is back on the political agenda.…
Your Formula Blog // Chemistry and the Future of Food and Water
Chemistry can enable the development of technologies such as new drought-resistant crops and seeds, in addition to fertilizers that use less water in…
EU Neighbourhood Info Centre // Agriculture cooperation in pictures: a key priority ahead of European Development Days
Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Resilience is one of the three main themes of discussion at the European Development Days this year. The…
Global Hunger Index 2012 // Ensuring Sustainable Food Security under Land, Water, and Energy Stresses
Hunger is inextricably linked to growing pressure on land, water, and energy resources. Recent events–drought, large-scale land investments, high…
Publication // Water & Energy Nexus: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Manage Energy and Water Tradeoffs
Water and energy are inextricably linked and mutually dependent, with each affecting the other's availability. Since 2009, GAO has issued five…
Publication // Water Services Management and Governance: Lessons for a Sustainable Future
The book focuses on water services (water supply, wastewater services) and deals with connections between water resources and services and water…
Publication // Making Space for the River: Governance experiences with multifunctional river flood management in the US and Europe
This book examines recent developments in river (flood) management from the viewpoint of Making Space for the River and the resulting challenges for…
Publication // Water and Energy - Threats and Opportunities
This book creates an awareness of the important couplings between water and energy. It shows how energy is used in all the various water cycle…
The Guardian // Food Scarcity: The Timebomb Setting Nation against Nation
As the UN and Oxfam warn of the dangers ahead, expert analyst Lester Brown says time to solve the problem is running out.
Oxfam Report // "Our Land, Our Lives": Time out on the global land rush
Land eight times the size of the UK was sold off globally in the last decade, enough to grow food for a billion people, equivalent to the number of…