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The Bonn Water Network*), a network of ten renowned institutions with longstanding experience on water and related issues, together celebrate World Water Day 2021 with an online event on 23 March 2021.
In order to raise awareness about and foster action to address the global water crisis, World Water Day on March 22 every year became a UN observance day in 1993.World Water Day 2021 focuses on the theme 'Valuing Water'. This focus extends beyond issues of pricing and includes the environmental, social, and cultural value people place on water. The Bonn Water Network event on Tuesday March 23, 2021| 5:00- 6:30 pm (CET) will launch the Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples’ and invites to an expert round-table discussion. (Please register via zoom here: https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1Le-D_2uSy2gGMTVFBgNOQ )
What do our Bonn Water Network experts say about ‘Valuing Water’ from their perspectives? Read their statements here: https://www.bicc.de/fileadmin/Dateien/pdf/events/2021/Bonn_Water_Network_Booklau...
Dr. Luna Bharati, principal scientist with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI): “IWMI’s research responds directly to the demand for innovative, scientifically tested water- management solutions for sustainable development by addressing three high priority water challenges: Food and Ecosystems; Climate Change and Resilience; and Growth and Inclusion”.
More on IWMI’s work on water here: https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/
Prof. Mariele Evers, Head of Research Group Eco-Hydrology and Water Resources Management / UNESCO Chair Human-Water-Systems - Geography Department - University of Bonn: “In our research we focus on the interrelations between various factors in human-water systems in terms of functional, spatial and temporal connectedness. We evaluate water-related ecosystem services and we develop methodologies for integrated assessment and management”.
More information at https://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/research/rg/rg-evers?set_language=en
Dr. Birgit Kemmerling, researcher at the peace and conflict research institute BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion): “Water has multiple, often competing meanings for different actors, sectors and regions. For BICC, valuing water means, in particular, understanding local needs, concerns and values of water and integrating them into political decision-making processes in order to avoid or mitigate conflicts”.
More information on BICC’s work on water at War and Peace/Module Environmental Safety: http://www.warpp.info/en/m8?V=&L=m8-wat-scar.h&L=m8-riv-bas.c
Dr. Jean Carlo Rodríguez, senior researcher at German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE): “Water has multiple meanings, reducing them only to its economic dimension neglects the social embeddedness of water and risks marginalizing the most vulnerable” (Rodriguez-de-Francisco and Schoderer, 2021).
More information on DIE’s work on water: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/water-governance/
Dr. Bernhard Tischbein, senior researcher at ZEF: “Contributing to sustainable development is an essential need and task in valuing water. ZEF’s research is combining hydrological, bio-physical, agricultural, environmental, socio-economical, institutional, and policy dimensions of water towards supportive management tools and strategies”.
More information on ZEF’s water-related research here: https://www.zef.de/media-center/news/news-single-view.html?contact=949&tx_ne...
*) The Bonn Water Network aims at bundling and representing the Bonn-based capacities for water research, training and policy advice with a focus on international activities but also well established in the German and European contexts. The Network’s members are: the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Bonn University with its Institute of Geography (GIUB) holding the UNESCO Chair in Human Water Systems, the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and the Institute for Hygiene and Public Health (IHPH); the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); the IUCN Environmental Law Center; the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and three Bonn-based UN institutions: the United Nations Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Global Water Operators Partnerships Alliance (UN-Habitat/GWOPA).
Further information:
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