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Training workshop in Shoreline Management
23 people from Seychelles trained in coastal processes with special emphasis on Climate Change
UNEP-DHI Centre hosts TWAP meeting
UNEP-DHI Centre hosts the 2nd working group meeting for the ‘Rivers’ component of the GEF funded Transboundary Water Assessment Programme (TWAP).
New report on
UNEP-DHI Centre has released a case booklet: "Roadmaps for water management in West Africa". The case booklet presents case studies on the development and implementation of IWRM Plans from Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone.
Go the the IWRM West Africa website for more information.
New report on Environmental Flows
In collaboration with other partners of the
Global Environmental Flows Network, UNEP-DHI Centre has released a new
report ” Securing Water for Ecosystems and Human Well-being:
The Importance of Environmental Flows”
UNEP-DHI Centre is
participating in World Water Week in Stockholm
This year UNEP-DHI Centre Senior Advisor,
Dr Bruce Hooper, will provide an update on a project which surveys the
use of IWRM in transboundary basins. The title of his talk is: ‘Applying
IWRM Principles in the Management of Transboundary Waters: Status and
Trends.’ This will happen in the session: Towards an
Ecosystem Approach to IWRM in Transboundary Basins: Status and Prospects.
More details>>
Programme Advisor
Louise Korsgaard will, together with other members of the
Global Environmental Flows Network,
convene a seminar on Environmental Flows and launch a new report
'Securing Water for Ecosystems and Human Well-being: The Importance of
Environmental Flows'.
More details>>
Dr. Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen
appointed new director of UNEP-DHI Centre
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen has accepted
the position of Director of the UNEP-DHI Centre. Dr. Peter Koefoed
Bjørnsen has a history of working with the Global Environmental Facility
and the National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University.
His first day at work will be August 15th 2009.
Inception meeting of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP) July 2009
Training Course on IWRM and Climate Change
The UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment, CAP-Net and Nile IWRM-Net successfully held a regional training course on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and climate change from 25 to 29 May 2009 in Kampala, Uganda.
New side publication on IWRM in Action to accompany the United Nations World Water Development Report 3
ICARM Casebook
15 cases on linked freshwater and coastal management now availablei
UNEP’s Global Environmental Outlook GEO 4 released on 25 October, 2007. More details>>
3rd. Southeast Asia Water Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More details>>
UCC-Water supported regional IWRM workshop held in Libya on April 11-12, 2007. More details>>
Welcome to the UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment
- The UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment is a centre of expertise of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- The centre supports UNEP in the implementation of its Water Policy and Strategy.
- The centre is funded by the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida), UNEP, and DHI
- The centre is hosted by DHI and located at its headquarters in Hørsholm, Denmark
For additional information see "about" UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment: