Environment action

Improving understanding of the value of freshwater ecosystems and their management.

Environment action

Improving understanding of the value of freshwater ecosystems and their management.

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UNEP-DHI Centre supports UNEP’s work in highlighting the importance of freshwater ecosystems and their services, and addressing threats to their sustainable functioning.

Our work in this area spans from policy level advice to project implementation, and covers a range of topics including nature based solutions, ecosystem services assessments, strategic indictor use of ecosystems monitoring, and source to sea management approaches.

The Centre’s expertise in satellite data analysis and remote sensing are of increasing importance for guiding countries towards remedial action and halt and reverse ongoing degradation of critical freshwater ecosystems.

Relevant projects

Strengthening UNEP’s contribution to UN Country Teams in Africa

Coordinating water, land, and ecosystem management to underpin social and economic development objectives within UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks in each country.

Nature-based solutions supporting climate resilience in the Juba-Shabelle River basin

UNEP-DHI is supporting the National Flood and Drought Task Force of Somalia in researching the applicability of NbS for riverine and flash flood risk mitigation. The project focuses on the communities within the Juba-Shabelle River basin.

Sustainable development in Lake Turkana and its river basins and the D’aua-Juba-Shabelle basin

Improving the scientific understanding of the hydrological regimes and ecosystem services of Lake Turkana and its river basins will inform decision making on the sustainable management of the transboundary water resources.

Global assessment of macroplastic litter in freshwater ecosystems

The GPML risk and warning system for macroplastic litter in rivers provides insights on the problem of plastic litter in freshwater ecosystems. The system can help identify and map where the problem is, how it may change in the upcoming 9 months, where it originates, and how best to intervene.

Cross-border collaboration on sustainable ecosystem services in the Omo-Turkana basin

Promoting cross-border collaboration on sustainable ecosystems services in the Omo-Turkana basin along the Ethiopia-Kenya border.

Protecting the Congo Peatlands

UNEP, supported by UNEP-DHI, is engaged in the discussions on the technical assistance needed to understand the extent and properties of the peatlands in Congo basin, and to retrieve the necessary information and analysis to inform suitable protection measures.

Global monitoring and reporting on SDG 6.6.1

UNEP-DHI is contributing to the global monitoring and reporting on the SDG indicator 6.6.1 producing the first of kind global assessment of the status and change of water-related ecosystems, based on Earth Observation.

REWarD initiative in the Volta Basin

The aim of the work is to reverse ecosystem and water degradation and support integrated ecosystem-based development in the Volta basin.

Blending Water Management and Climate Change Adaptation Approaches

A new report from UNEP with contributions from UNEP-DHI Centre offers recommendations on how to combine water management and climate change adaptation approaches to mitigate the global water and climate change crises.

Strengthening UNEP’s contribution to UN Country Teams in Africa

Coordinating water, land, and ecosystem management to underpin social and economic development objectives within UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks in each country.

Nature-based solutions to emerging water challenges in the Asia Pacific region

This CTCN Knowledge Brief provides an illuminating and inspiring overview of the use of NbS technologies in adopting and implementing holistic solutions that exploit synergies wherever possible to tackle climate change and water management challenges in rural, urban and coastal areas.

2021 Status Report on the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region

This report assesses progress made on IWRM implementation in the Arab region based on country surveys submitted in 2017 and 2020. Through analyzing four fundamental dimensions of IWRM, the report identifies areas of progress and priority areas for accelerating full implementation.

UNEP Freshwater Strategic Priorities 2022-2025

UNEP-DHI contributed to UNEP’S latest strategic document on freshwater-related priorities. The document describes the crucial role of freshwater bodies in meeting water-related SDGs and in addressing the three interlinked planetary crises recognized in UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

Nature Based Solutions for Water Management- A Primer

This publication is designed to raise awareness on the multiple benefits of nature-based solutions.

Green Infrastructure. Guide for Water Management

The aim of this guide is to raise awareness of the benefits of green infrastructure (GI) solutions for water resources management

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Relevant projects

Strengthening UNEP’s contribution to UN Country Teams in Africa

Nature-based solutions supporting climate resilience in the Juba-Shabelle River basin

Sustainable development in Lake Turkana and its river basins and the D’aua-Juba-Shabelle basin

Global assessment of macroplastic litter in freshwater ecosystems

Cross-border collaboration on sustainable ecosystem services in the Omo-Turkana basin

Protecting the Congo Peatlands

Global monitoring and reporting on SDG 6.6.1

REWarD initiative in the Volta Basin

Related publications

Blending Water Management and Climate Change Adaptation Approaches

Strengthening UNEP’s contribution to UN Country Teams in Africa

Nature-based solutions to emerging water challenges in the Asia Pacific region

2021 Status Report on the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region

UNEP Freshwater Strategic Priorities 2022-2025

Nature Based Solutions for Water Management- A Primer

Green Infrastructure. Guide for Water Management

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