The UCL Department of Geography seeks applicants for the Ted Hollis Scholarship in Wetland Hydrology and Conservation. The Scholarship is a lasting tribute to Dr G.E. (Ted) Hollis and was made possible through donations by his friends, colleagues and former students around the world. Ted was a member of academic staff within the Department of [...]

Dear Artists, Dear present and future Rainwater Harvesters, The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) invites you to take part in the second edition of the Geneva Raindrops Award competition! The IRHA aims at sensitizing people to the benefits of harvesting rainwater as o­ne of the key solutions to water scarcity around the world. This year [...]

WISIONS is an initiative of the German Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, o­n behalf of the Swiss Foundation ProEvolution. o­ne action field is called PREP, the Promotion of Resource Efficiency Projects. PREP’s key objectives are publishing and promoting good practice in energy and resource efficiency. People around the world are asked to present [...]

3rd regional workshop o­n water management, March 2007, Zaragoza, Spain The date for submission of papers for the  regional workshop o­n Water for Sustainable Development, organised jointly by the UNEP – Mediterranean Action Plan, Blue Plan Regional Activity Center and MedWet  has now been extended to 11 December.  Scheduled to take place in Zaragoza  March [...]

“Dear all, Does anyone know of any concrete, “model” wetland in the world which would have a comprehensive, integrated monitoring system (e.g., a wetland observatory), of not o­nly its natural heritage but also human activities/pressures, land-use, etc… whose indicators/ parameters would not just be a haphazard collection of “what has been collected so far – [...]