The reputation of the Halda River in Chittagong District as the most important breeding ground for carp fry in Bangladesh has been largely restored through interventions by the Halda River Area Water Partnership.
The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, providing water for 140 million people and irrigating 74,000 km² of land.
Conflicts over water use in the Chancay-Lambayeque Basin in northern Peru have increased sharply.
An innovative concept, spearheaded by GWP Botswana, has brought relief to schools.
Regional priorities in groundwater management in West Africa are knowledge; environmental, social and economic aspects; irrigation and climate change; dialogue and communication; management and institutional aspects; and capacity building/improving competence.
Journalists from print media and broadcasting attended a workshop organised by GWP Cameroon in Douala in December 2012.
The Sixth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes was held in Rome in November 2012.
GWP Southern Africa has for the first time entered into a USAID competitive bidding process led by a US private sector firm.
In 2012, GWP Southern Africa secured 1.3 million from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) through the harmonised donor fund for transboundary water management to implement a project mainstreaming climate change in the SADC water sector.
GWP Central and Eastern Europe and GWP Slovenia are now able to support water management processes and be involved in activities related to public participation and education through GWP's observer status at the International Sava River Basin Commission.