Towards more Drought Resilient Societies
11-15 March 2013 at the International Conference Center, (CICG), Geneva
The new national water policy has now been approved by the Government of India.
An innovative concept, spearheaded by GWP Botswana, has brought relief to schools.
The new national water policy has now been approved by the Government of India.
Rural and peri-urban areas are often neglected when making infrastructure investments. However, these areas could gain from treatment of domestic wastewater through the construction of wetlands. In Bulgaria, the problem of wastewater treatment was addressed through the construction of a wetland for treating wastewater from domestic sources. The lesson learnt is the importance of community initiatives.
In Vietnam, there are two kinds of RBO; 1) The Management Board of River basin Planning (MBRBP), established and managed by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in a period from 1999-2001 in compliance with Law on Water Resources 1998. 2) The Committee for Environmental Protection of River Basin (CEPRB), established and also managed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) during the time 2009-2010.
Interview with Inga Blaževičienė from Vilnius University in Lithuania.
An innovative concept, spearheaded by GWP Botswana, has brought relief to schools.