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Multi
stakeholder dialogue on watering development in
SADC: beyond IWRM concepts and the converted
April
04, 2007
A SADC Multi-stakeholder
Water Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) is scheduled to take place in Maputo, Mozambique
from 16 to 18 May.The theme of the SADC Multi-stakeholder
Water Dialogue will be “Watering development
in SADC: beyond IWRM concepts and the converted”.
The SADC region has now moved ‘beyond merely
the concept of IWRM’ towards application
of IWRM principles. Since IWRM integrates sectors
– it is important to move “beyond
the converted” and engage other sectors
more meaningfully.
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Water
markets can overcome the global water crisis
March 22, 2007
The global water crisis can be solved
through fair water markets. This is the main conclusion
of the new publication “Pay – Establishing
payments for watershed services”, to be launched
on World Water Day on 22 March 2007 by the World
Conservation Union (IUCN).
“Markets can solve watershed
degradation through investments in the sustainable
management of ecosystems”, says Ger Bergkamp,
Head of the IUCN Water Programme. French Vittel
already invests USD 24.5 million per year to compensate
farmer's reduced use of fertilizer.
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Fragmented policy and Institutional frameworks
threatening sustainable utilization of wetlands
in the Zambezi Basin
 March
16 , 2007
The sustainable use of the wetlands resources in
the Zambezi Basin is faced with several challenges
that are partly due to the prevailing policy environment.
At a recently held policy formulation training meeting
in Maputo, Mozambique, World Conservation Union
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Project Manager, Wilson Mhlanga,
noted that most of the policies related to the management
of wetlands were sectoral, thus negatively impacting
on the effective management of the wetlands resources.
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Angola celebrates National
Environment Day
On 31 January,
Angola celebrates it’s 30th annual National Environment
Day. The celebrations were initiated shortly after
independence in 1976 by then President Antonio
Agostino Neto who convened a meeting of African
Portuguese speaking countries to discuss conservation
issues. Since that time, each January, the country
marks their continued commitment to the environment
through special workshops and. public awareness
programmes.
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A Call on Governments to invest in MDG 7
 September
9, 2005
From 14 to 16 September 2005, The Millennium Summit
will bring together the largest number of heads
of state and governments ever to assemble at the
United Nations in New York. The core agenda, peace
and collective security, human rights, development
and UN reform, reflects both the significance and
the magnitude of the challenges to be addressed
by this Summit. [+]
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story IUCN
MDGs Website
Zimbabwe Launches Millennium
Development Goals Report
 September
9, 2005
Zimbabwe launched its Millennium Development
Goals Report in Harare, with pledges by Government,
Business and Civil society to prioritise eradicating
poverty, empowering women and fighting the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, officially
launched the report and reaffirmed his support
for the 2002 Millennium Declaration endorsed by
more than 190 world leaders in Johannesburg, South
Africa. [+]
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storyIUCN
MDGs Website
HIV/AIDS and
Natural Resources in Southern Africa
 September
9, 2005
HIV/AIDS in southern Africa is mostly affecting
15-49 year age groups. This also happens to be the
most economically active group in the region. A
survey carried out by the Southern Africa HIV and
AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAFIDS)
shows that Swaziland has the highest infection rate
at 40 percent, while Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe,
Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique are among the
worst affected. [+]
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