UNESCO Water e-Newsletter No. 254: The impacts of water use on water systems and the environment

NEWS

§ Nominate your best practice for the 2nd edition of the 'Water for Life' UN-Water Best Practices Award!

§ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant awarded to UNESCO-IHE and partners

§ UNESCO-IHP and IAHS organize Symposium on "Water Quality: Current Trends and Expected Climate Change Impacts"

§ UNESCO Launches a Comprehensive Project to Strengthen Flood Forecasting and Management Capacity in Pakistan

§ UNESCO IHP holds an International Symposium on Modular Curriculum Development for Postgraduate and Technical Education in Integrated Water Resources Management

EVENTS

UNESCO Water Family

§ Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio +20

§ HELP International Symposium 2011 "Building Knowledge Bridges for a Sustainable Water Future"

Featured International Events

§ Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy

§ International Symposium on Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Regions

§ International Water Week 2011 Amsterdam (IWW 2011 Amsterdam )

PUBLICATIONS

§ Glossary of Glacier Mass Balance and Related Terms – Technical Document in Hydrology, N°86 / IACS Contribution N°2

VACANCIES

§ (Senior) Lecturer in Water Supply Engineering – UNESCO-IHE

DID YOU KNOW…?

§ Facts and figures about the impacts of water use on water systems and the environment

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