Integrated Water Resource Management

As defined by the Global Water Partnership, integrated water resource management is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Resources available within this theme provide guidance on how to conserve and restore watersheds, reduce pollution, adapt to climate change and reduce risks from floods and droughts.

Integrated Water Resource Management Resources

Melting Glaciers Could Destabilize Asia

Publication date:
July 13, 2021
This opinion piece argues that climate-induced melting in the Himalayan glaciers will cause water management challenges in Asia. The piece cites the results of a study that shows that the melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled in the last decade and highlights the already damaging dry seasons in...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Laos

ArcNet Brochure for Digital

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
ArcNet is a network of priority areas for marine conservation that spans the entire Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Conserving these ecosystems strengthens the resilience of Arctic biodiversity in the face of a rapidly changing climate. Learn what role we all can play in protecting the arctic in...Read more

Free Flowing Rivers Fact Sheet

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
To protect the world's most vital, free-flowing rivers, WWF is undertaking a four-part strategy that includes strategic energy and basin planning, policy protections for rivers and communities, advocacy and outreach, and science and thought leadership (WWF Description). This fact sheet...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

WWF Position: Biobased and Biodegradable Plastic

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
Global plastic pollution is an increasingly urgent environmental crisis, and one which has amassed significant public attention in recent years. Plastic pollution threatens aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems around the world. An estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Connected & Flowing - A Renewable Future for Rivers, Climate, and People

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
The world faces multiple critical and intertwined challenges: expanding electricity generation to meet the needs of growing economies and to supply power to the more than one billion people who currently lack access while reducing greenhouse gas emissions to nearly zero by 2050 – all while...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Climate Change & Water - Why Valuing Rivers is Critical to Adaptation

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
This report shows that freshwater conservation issues must be at the heart of the climate agenda and efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13. While freshwater is a major conduit through which climate impacts are felt, it can also play a central role in climate adaptation and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Lower Kafue River Basin 2019 Report Card

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
Similar to school report cards, river basin report cards provide performance-driven numeric grades or letters that reflect the status of a river basin on a regular basis. They effectively integrate and synthesize large, and often complex, information into simple scores that can be communicated to...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Zambia

Royal Caribbean and WWF 2018 Partnership Report

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
In 2016, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., partnered to help ensure the long-term health of the oceans. To support this audacious goal, we took two approaches: improving Royal Caribbean's operations and supply chains and leveraging our influence more broadly among...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

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