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News from EU
14 April 2008
Contract signed for ESA’s Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite
The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space today signed a ?305 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite, devoted to oceanography and land-vegetation monitoring, as part of the European GMES programme. As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space is responsible for the satellite's design, development and integration
6 February 2008
EU Water Policies must be linked to climate
3 January 2008
EU-CRUE Project - recommendations published on flood research
3 December 2007
New Environmental research web site in CORDIS:
3 December 2007
EU - EU seeks global roadmap at Bali climate talks
For more website on FWD implementation check the “link” section.
News from LIFE
27 November 2007
LIFE project ‘Optimizagua’: Saving water with more efficient irrigation systems
27 November 2007
Water scarcity and LIFE - developing good practice in reducing water usage
News from WWF
WWF's UN Freshwater Agreements Project-News Update n.03
WWF's UN Freshwater Agreements Project News Update n.03, with information about the WWF's United Nations Freshwater Agreements Project-a global initiative to improve freshwater governance, with focus on three UN international instruments: a) the UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses; b) the UN-ILC Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers and Aquifer Systems; and c) the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
13 March 2008
Promotion of Sustainable Forest Management in Georgia.
4 March 2008
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16 April 2008
A new INBO project on testing performance indicators of integrated water resources management
The International Network of Basin Organisations (INBO) and its regional branch in Africa (the African Network of BO - ANBO) proposed to develop and field-test Performance Indicators adapted to the design and monitoring of the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) principles in African Transboundary basins. The activities have been proposed for the 3 years to pave the way for the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
14 April 2008
Scientists Predict More Floods, Droughts
Scientists predicted that climate change in coming decades will cause more flooding in the Northern Hemisphere and droughts in some southern and arid zones. In addition, they said that some areas around the Mediterranean, parts of southern Africa, northeastern Brazil and the western U.S. region will likely suffer water shortages.
14 April 2008
Contract signed for ESA’s Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite
The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space today signed a ?305 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite, devoted to oceanography and land-vegetation monitoring, as part of the European GMES programme. As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space is responsible for the satellite's design, development and integration.
14 April 2008
The VidéEau Festival
Organized by the International Secretariat for Water (ISW), the VidéEau Festival is an international competition for video clips. It is also part of a project titled ‘‘Celebration of Lakes and Rivers’’ which is a process aimed at raising awareness and involving young people in international citizenship and cooperation for water, both in Quebec and around the world. The 2008 edition invites young people from the ages of 17 to 30 to submit video clips on the theme ‘‘Water, People and Sustainable Development’’ before 15 June 2008. The winners of the competition will be automatically entered into The International Water and Film Events, organized in Istanbul in March 2009 during the 5th World Water Forum.
10 April 2008
The River Basin Initiative Portal
River Basin Initiative Portal was developed to establish a global network to share information and lessons learned, as well as to link and support activities which uses an integrated approach in managing our biodiversity, wetlands and river basins.
8 April 2008
UK - Environment agency brings in new rules for water abstraction reporting
8 April 2008
GLOBAL – Second announcement fifth World Water Forum published
18 March 2008
Summer floods 'not linked to climate change'
4 March 2008
EA funding boost will help fight floods
11 February 2008
Environmental Performance Index
7 February 2008
Serbia Takes Over Presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
7 February 2008
EU Water Policies must be linked to climate
6 February 2008
SERBIA – Serbia to take over presidency of ICPDR
5 February 2008
Concerns raised over role of wetlands
21 January 2008
New website of the Standing Commitee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) that was established by Regulation (EEC) No. 1728/74 of the Council of 27 June 1974 on the coordination of agricultural research.
17 January 2008
New OpenWater Wiki
16 January 2008
Towards a Mediterranean Water Information Mechanism compatible with the Water Information System for Europe (WISE)
11 January 2008
Floods devastate lives across globe
11 January 2008
Barcelona Convention: Mediterranean Ministers discuss climate change impacts on the region
10 January 2008
"How to build the Mediterranean Union?" - It will begin with a Union of projects
10 January 2008
"Report of the expert group convened by the Mediterranean Institute on the Mediterranean Union project
10 January 2008
"The Mediterranean Union: Sarkozy, Zapatero and Prodi announce Mediterranean Union Summit