Ecosystems
Research Article // Quantifying Sustainable Land-Water-Energy-Food Nexus: The Case of Sustainable Livelihoods in an East African Rift Valley
By Zinabu Wolde and colleagues. This study investigates the link between sustainable LWEF Nexus and livelihoods. Qualitative data were generated…
Nexus Blog // Des risques aux retours: Le Nexus à la Semaine mondiale de l'eau 2021
Comment le financement des projets intégrés des ressources naturelles peut-il être optimisé ? Et l'approche Nexus peut-elle faciliter l'accès aux…
The Hindu // "Drain it, lose it," says new wetlands economics report
A major report that will help countries understand the economic value of inland wetlands, which cover a vast area of the earth's land surface and…
Niger Basin Nexus Acceleration Programme // Article Series No. 7: Agro-Eco Services, towards an increasingly competitive offer
Following its inclusion to the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Security Nexus Start-up Acceleration Programme (EESA on its French acronym), Agro-Eco Services…
Research Article // Water–Energy–Food Nexus and Life Cycle Thinking: A New Approach to Environmental and Nutritional Assessment of Potato Chips
By Fernández-Ríos Ana and colleagues. This study addresses the water–energy–food Nexus issues by analyzing the environmental impacts and nutritional…
Contest // PRIMA WEFE NEXUS Award
The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) has released a call for applicants for the WEFE NEXUS award. This award…
Publication // Payment for Ecosystem Services and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Securing Resource Flows for the Auffluent?
by Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco, Bibiana Duarte-Abadía and Rutgerd Boelens. In this paper, the authors evaluate a Payment for Ecosystem Services…
Frexus Project // Workshop for the mapping of animal corridors in the municipality of Bellen
In the municipality of Bellen in Mali, old animal crossing corridors are no longer usable due to the uncontrolled expansion of cultivation plots. A…
Project // NEXOGENESIS - Streamlining Water Related Policies
NEXOGENESIS is a collaborative project financed under the European H2020 programme. With 20 partners from Europe and South Africa the focus is set on…
Research Article // Nature-based solutions addressing the water-energy-food nexus: Review of theoretical concepts and urban case studies
NBS can make the W-E-F nexus synergetic and circular if smartly embedded into urban systems. This is necessary for environmental, political (e.g., EU…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme LAC // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Initiative for territorial planning. A policy dialogue to spark exchange
The Nexus Regional Dialogue Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean, jointly funded by the European Union and the German Ministry for Economic…
Research Article // Unraveling the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus for Climate Change Adaptation in Iran: Urmia Lake Basin Case-Study
By Hossein Nasrollah, Rasool Shirazizadeh, Reza Shirmohammadi, Omid Pourali and Majid Amidpour. In this study, a complicated set of relations between…
Publication // Engaging stakeholders in water-energy-food-environment systems assessment and planning: A FutureDAMS guide
By Barnaby Dye, David Hulme and the FutureDAMS Consortium. This guide proposes a series of steps and principles for conducting stakeholder engagement…
Nexus Blog // World Wetlands Day 2021: Not excited about dry wetlands? Us neither!
Today we are celebrating the World Wetlands Day to make more people aware of the value of wetlands. Even though we can't win the fight against…
Report // Towards Operationalising the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By Pamela Katic and R. Quentin Grafton. This technical report examines the profound connections between food, energy and water (the Nexus) at a…