Water-related disasters accounted for 74 percent of all-natural disasters between 2001 and 2018, and their frequency and intensity are generally rising. Changes in land cover/use, population growth, and climate change have resulted in an increase of floods frequency from an average of 127 events per year in 1995–2004 to 171...

The blog post focuses on the importance of the engagement of the forest and water sectors in policy processes, as well as the contributions of the Forest and Water Champions, which is an expert network that advocates better understanding the interactions and consequences of forest-water interlinkages.

How do we want our future to look like after the COVID-19 pandemic? This was one of the questions raised previously “Lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis to the better management of our forest and water”.  The COVID-19 impact on human life, forests, and water has already resulted in short term consequences....

Forests are among the most important biodiversity repositories and home to about 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. Riparian forests maintain and support aquatic biodiversity by providing shade, protecting the soil from erosion, acting as a chemical buffer, and providing nutritious terrestrial inputs to aquatic food webs. These inputs from...

The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly transformed our lives. As society has transitioned to living under lockdown, we have changed the way we connect with each other and with nature. As a result, there have been short-term impacts. In India, the Ganga River has seen a reduction in dumping of industrial and domestic waste, which has resulted in an improvement in its water quality. According to the Central Pollution Control...