FAO's Land and Water Division and the FAO elearning Academy, in collaboration with the Environmental Law Institute, have published the e-learning course The fundamentals of water te...

  

   

More than 70 participants from 20 countries joined an information session at FAO headquarters on the Principles of the Responsible Governance of Water Tenure for Water Security, Food Systems and Climate Resilience, organized by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the Food and ...

Over 60 young practitioners, researchers and advocates from more than 25 countries convened online on 23 June 2026 to provide youth perspectives on the draft Principles for the Responsible Governance of Water Tenure, ahead of their submission for intergovernmental review at the World Food Forum in October 2026. 

    

Water governance requires much more than just infrastructure or regulation. It requires dialogue, participation and shared responsibility among those who depend on this resource for their wellbeing, their livelihood and the development of regions. 

To this end, the Food and ...

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. 

Two initiatives from Indonesia have been recognized as water tenure champions in the Asia-Pacific region. Selected through a regional call launched by the ScaleWat project, these initiatives were presented at the Regional Dialogue on Water Tenure for Asia and the Pacific on 6 May 2026, showcas...

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...