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From heaven to earth, via the rooftop: young solutions to closing the water cycle in Old Sana’a
Posted by Martin van Beusekom and Cecilia Borgia December 20, 2013 Meandering through the narrow streets of Sana’a Al Kadima … Continued
How could my country look like if we were to embrace nature-based solutions? This was the question that student teams from around the globe aimed to answer in the Nature-Based Future Challenge, organized by Wageningen University & Research. Interdisciplinary and international teams visualized a nature-based future for the delta of Bangladesh, showcasing innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges. Chittagong Hill Tracts One of the teams, GO2V-NBF, focused on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) with the goal of transitioning from "development at the cost of nature" to a future of "nature-based prosperity." This region in Southeast Bangladesh faces significant challenges related to climate change, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic development. The increasing intensity of extreme weather events, coupled with changing land use, exacerbates soil erosion and land degradation. The local water cycle is under pressure, leading to issues of both water scarcity and flooding at different times of the year. GO2V-NBF proposed a strategy of vertical cities on water and a harmonious… Continued
Posted by Martin van Beusekom and Cecilia Borgia December 20, 2013 Meandering through the narrow streets of Sana’a Al Kadima … Continued
Posted by Abraham Abhishek February 10, 2014 Subsurface dams are groundwater dams. They intercept the natural flow of groundwater … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen, Bakshlal Lashari and Sukru Esin January 15, 2013 It may be one of the word’s … Continued
Posted by Adel al Weshali and Frank van Steenbergen January 15, 2013 It is a phenomenon that has been around … Continued
Posted by Karim Nawaz and Frank van Steenbergen December 10, 2013 GLACIAL MELT: A POSTCARD FROM CHITRAL, PAKISTAN This is … Continued
Posted by Francisco Martin, Islamic Culture Foundation December 02, 2013 A still from the movie Las Voces del Agua (Spanish) … Continued
Water and Sanitation, Politics and Power Walking several kilometres to the nearest toilet; dodging snakes, elephants and sexual … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Alan Macdonald November 19, 2013 It must be the world’s greatest single groundwater system, … Continued
Posted by Raktima Mukherjee and Frank van Steenbergen November 11, 2013 Dark putrid water enters, and fresh water emerges. The … Continued
How Serious Gaming? Adding value to water management Symposium organised by UNESCO-IHE, Delft The Netherlands. November 8, 2013 Serious games … Continued
Posted by Jihan Anwar November 04, 2013 This stone-paved canal is called Al Saila and it runs along the Capital … Continued
Posted by Matthijs Kool and Frank van Steenbergen October 24, 2013 To locate a well, water diviners have been used … Continued
Posted by Matthijs Kool and Frank van Steenbergen October 14, 2013 In search for a better life and comfort for … Continued
Posted by Cecilia Borgia September 20, 2013 Being a farmer in Mauritania is not easy. Soil degradation, destructive floods, … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Abraham Abhishek September 03, 2013 Public food programs have been crucial to food security … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Jaap Evers August 28, 2013 Obviously most rivers are natural, but there are also … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen August 22, 2013 With low rainfall over a large part of the year and only … Continued
by Alan Kahn With over seven billion people on the planet in need of clean water that is safe for drinking, … Continued
by Şükrü Esin Soil salinity is a serious environmental problem affecting 20% of total irrigated land across the globe. Harran Plain … Continued
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen August 14, 2013 Using water as defense, drowning the land of 400,000 people, destroying villages … Continued