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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

10/29/2024

Drought Management and Biodiversity Conservation

Drought resilience and biodiversity conservation are closely interlinked. Conservation efforts that protect and restore biodiversity help maintain ecosystem services, such as water retention and soil health, which are crucial for mitigating the impacts of drought. Healthy and diverse ecosystems can also withstand and recover from droughts more easily. Thus, preserving biodiversity strengthens ecosystems’ natural ability to endure drought conditions and enhances long-term sustainability.

📅 29 October 2024, 14:00-15:00 CET

🗣️ English, with Russian interpretation

✍️ Register on Zoom

This webinar focuses on the interlinkages between drought risk management and biodiversity conservation. To kick off the webinar, we will have a keynote delivered by Mr. Tristan Tyrrell, Programme Management Officer for Biodiversity, Climate Change and Dry & Subhumid Lands at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The keynote presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with four UNCCD National Focal Points from Central and Eastern Europe who will be sharing their country perspectives on the drought-biodiversity connection: Ms. Nana Bolashvili, UNCCD Science and Technology Correspondent of Georgia, Ms. Arevik Hovsepyan, President of Country Water Partnership Armenia, Ms. Alice Savadyan, GWP CACENA Regional Council Member, and Dr. Arkadiy Tishkov, Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Head of the Biogeography Laboratory of the Institute of Geography of the RAS.

This webinar is co-organized by UNCCD, CBD, and GWP under the umbrella of the UNCCD Community of Learning and Practice on Drought Management in Central and Eastern Europe.

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