A New Vision for IWRM? (Global Water Partnership / IISD)

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A New Vision for IWRM?

Lessons from Practical Experience

Monday, August 17 • 17:45 – 18:45 • Room T6, World Water Week, Stockholm

There is wide agreement that an integrated cross-sectoral approach to water resources management is essential to sustainable development, but there is far less consensus about what that means in practice. Some critics have even suggested that although IWRM is a great ideal, it is too complex to be effectively implemented. GWP’s review of successful water resource management interventions suggests that we need to get back to the basics. What is the confusion around IWRM? Do we need a new vision?

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About Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.
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