FAO, together with Thailand’s Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) and the Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia (GWP‑SEA), and with support from the Government of Germany, convened the Regional Dialogue on Water Tenure for Asia and the Pacific on 6–7 May 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, with in‑person and online participation. 

On 25 March 2026, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Office of the National Water Resources of Thailand (ONWR) co-hosted the National Dialogue on Water Tenure in Bangkok, marking an important milestone in building consens...

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Office of the National Water Resources of Thailand (ONWR) co-hosted a two-day training on the use of FAO's 

Between late January and early February 2026, three local restitution and validation workshops were held to review the results of the water tenure assessment in the pastoral sector, under the project “Water and Food Security Initiative for Africa” (IESA – II) implemented by the Food ...

   

 

During the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), held in Berlin from 14 to 17 January under the theme “Water. Harvests. Our Future.”, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners contributed to advancing discussions on water tenure governance ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will participate in the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) 2026, to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 14 to 17 January 2026. The forum will bring together political leaders, researchers, civil society and international ...

FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the ScaleWat project, in cooperation with the inter-Regional Technical Platform on Water Scarcity (iRTP-WS), hosted a new edition of the...

Following the successful National Validation Meeting held in Bangkok, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) of Thailand travelled to Rayong for the project’s Basin Validation Meeting, an essential step of the wat...

On Friday 17 October, the ScaleWat project took part in the multi-stakeholder Rome Water Dialogue (RWD) session “Water and Indigenous Peoples’ Food and Knowledge Systems” within the framework of the World Food Forum. The session created an inclusive and accessible space where representa...

As part of the Regional Water Week for Latin America & the Caribbean, the discussion brought together water leaders from across the region. The results of this dialogue will be used as input for the next United Nations Water Conference in the United Arab Emirates, with conclusions to be presented at the Global Dialogue on Water Tenure in 2026.

The Pasak River is vital for agriculture, aquaculture, industry, and household use. Water authorities need to utilise water supply for ranges of ecological conversations and hydrological functions within and beyond the Basin’s region. But increasing demand and climate-related droughts have placed growing pressure on the basin’s resources.

A new study by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) shows how farmers, industry and local authorities in Thailand’s Pasak River Basin are managing competing water needs, with opportunities for stronger collaboration.

While water is more abundant upstream, farmers in the lower river ...

With two virtual seminars held on September 11 and 12, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the project ScaleWat: scaling up capacities for responsible governance of water tenure, opened a regional exchange space to advance toward shared principles of resp...

As part of the project ScaleWat: scaling up capacities for responsible governance of water tenure,  the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the National Water and Biodiversity Center of ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing the ScaleWat project in Thailand in collaboration with the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) and with the support other water authorities in Thailand, including the Royal Irrigation Department and the...

Se trata de una convocatoria nacional en el marco del proyecto 'Agua, Vida y Gobernanza - ScaleWat', que busca reconocer a instituciones y comunidades que trabajan activamente por el cuidado y protección del agua en sus territorios y que a través de estas acciones contribuyen a mejorar la equidad, productividad y sostenibilidad del agua.

On 17 and 18 June, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Environment in Colombia co-organized a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the responsible governance of water tenure in Bogotá. The event marked an important milestone in the national conversati...