This August, world leaders, water experts, development professionals and policy-makers gathered in Stockholm for a week-long meeting focused on finding ways to better use, and reuse, the world’s increasingly scarce fresh water. World Water Week events draw over 3,000 participants from nearly 130 countries with the 2017 theme being, “Water...

Between 29 May and 3 June, approximately 1500 registered participants attended the XVI World Water Congress. The week of events related to the topics: Water Scarcity in a Changing World; Building Capacity, Water, Sanitation and Health; Water Policy and Governance; Water Ecosystems and Physical Regimes; Water Quality Management; Water and...

Shillong, Meghalaya, Northeast India – In response to a local community’s increased concerns about water scarcity and spring contamination, FAO’s Forest and Water Programme collaborated with WeForest, the University of Twente and the Ka Synjuk Ki Hima Arliang Wah Umiam Mawphlang Welfare Society to hold a Forest-Water Capacity Building Workshop...

Saving lives and contributing to livelihoods are only some of the important contributions provided by mangrove ecosystems. These salt-tolerant evergreen ecosystems are highlighted in a new education module available online through FAO’s Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) toolbox. Although mangroves grow along coastlines, their influence often extends both inland, where they can...

Anyone who has walked outside on a sunny day knows that forests and trees matter for temperature, humidity and wind speed. Planting trees speaks to concerns about climate change — but the directly important aspects of the tree-climate relationships have so far been overlooked in climate policy where it relates...