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Global Drought Monitor
Quantitative monitoring of drought severity and affected population worldwide.
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Confronting America’s Water infrastructure Challenge
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The massive investment needed for buried drinking water infrastructure in the United States totals more than $1 trillion between now and 2035.
The need will double from roughly $13 billion a year today to almost $30 billion (in 2010 dollars) annually by the 2040s, and the cost will be met primarily through higher water bills and local fees, according to a new AWWA report.
Centre for Water and Environment Development (CWED)
Established with the conviction that the environment and water resources are essential to human livelihood and sustainable development, CWED is committed to sustainable development and the management of water and environmental resources in both rural and urban areas and to improve their effects on the lives of the people through a highly professional team, who are conscious of the need to provide adequate and efficient potable water and safe environment for Nigerians.
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No. 2, North Road Abakpa G.R.AKaduna P.O.Box 1040NigeriaChange in countries takes at least three to five years, says Director of IRC International Programme
The new director of IRC’s International Programme, Patrick Moriarty has taken over from January 1 2012 as head of IRC international programme and as Director of the Triple-S Project – Sustainable Services at Scale. He moves from Ghana where he has been running the IRC West Africa Programme for the past four years, including the WASHCost and Triple-S projects.
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Interview With Matt Damon About The Water Crisis
A candid interview with Water.org cofounder Matt Damon about the water crisis and what Water.org is doing to bring about change.
To learn more about the crisis, and what you can do to help, please visit us at http://water.org
Florida Earth Foundation
Florida Earth is a non advocacy public-private nonprofit that is a "partnership builder." The 70+ agency, academic, industry and NGO partners in Florida Earth bring the organization ideas for programs and projects that take many partners to produce. Florida Earth mixes and matches the resources of its partners to initiate and develop programs that are in either education, outreach or facilitation in natural resource disciplines.
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515 North Flagler Drive, Suite 1500West Palm Beach, Florida 33401United StatesSeaWeb
SeaWeb is the only international, nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to strategically communicating about ocean issues. We transform knowledge into action by shining a spotlight on workable, science-based solutions to the most serious threats facing the ocean, such as climate change, pollution and depletion of marine life. We work collaboratively with targeted sectors to encourage market solutions, policies and behaviors that result in a healthy, thriving ocean.
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51, rue le PeletierParis 75009FranceThe Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) -- called the "Ramsar Convention" -- is an intergovernmental treaty that embodies the commitments of its member countries to maintain the ecological character of their Wetlands of International Importance and to plan for the "wise use", or sustainable use, of all of the wetlands in their territories.
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Rue Mauverney 28Gland 1196SwitzerlandThe Water Futures Partnership opens to new partners
The Water Futures Partnership is now open to new local and global partners. SABMiller, WWF and the German international development agency (GIZ) are inviting businesses, NGOs and other organisations to join the partnership, to collectively address some of the most pressing water risks in cities and watersheds around the world.
Established in 2009, the partnership has published its second report, detailing the progress made in identifying and assessing the challenges facing businesses, communities and the environment in watersheds in South Africa, Peru, Tanzania and Ukraine.
Interview with Reza Ardakanian
Dr Reza Ardakanian is the Director of the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC). He was asked about achievements and activities related to strengthening capacity building worldwide.
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Water Footprint.org
Why a Water Footprint Network?
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Drienerlolaan 5Enschede 7522 NBNetherlandsWeForest.org
WeForest is an international organization dedicated to sustainable reforestation. Our main objective is to participate in countering global warming and promote the international movement to recover part of the forests which have disappeared.
We are a non-profit association in Belgium (asbl/vzw) with offices in France,The Netherlands and soon in the USA.
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Rue des VolontairesBrussels 1160BelgiumAquafed
AquaFed® is an association set up to connect international organisations with private sector providers of water and sanitation services. It does this on the international scene, representing the operators through direct membership or through their national associations. AquaFed membership is open to all privately controlled companies irrespective of their size or location. To read more about AquaFed, please consult our Institutional Brochure.
AquaFed® has been recognized as the the voice of the private water industry vis-à-vis international organisations.
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16, Avenue HocheParis F75008France
