Tag: Groundwater governance
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The climate is changing – we need groundwater more than ever
UPGro Ambassador, Dr Callist Tindimugaya, attended last month’s COP meeting in Madrid. In this interview with Isaiah Esipisu, he explains why African groundwater needs to be on the lips of the climate negotiators.
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‘Advances in Groundwater Governance’ – book now free to download
re-posted from GRIPP This book is especially unique in that it not only explains a wide range of issues associated with groundwater governance, but it also provides water industry professionals, decision-makers and local stakeholders with a suite of solutions for a heuristic approach to managing this extremely important resource. Use this flyer for a promotional…
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:: New UPGro Paper :: Understanding process, power, and meaning in adaptive governance
Two new social science papers from Hidden Crisis Cleaver, F., and L. Whaley. 2018. Understanding process, power, and meaning in adaptive governance: a critical institutional reading. Ecology and Society23(2):49. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10212-230249 Whaley, L., (2018). The Critical Institutional Analysis and Development (CIAD) Framework. International Journal of the Commons. 12(2), p.None. DOI:http://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.848 Key Points from : Understanding process, power, and meaning…
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How far has devolution come in Kenya?
There is more to UPGro than rocks… for groundwater to benefit the poor, African governments need evolve and improve. Johanna Koehler, a doctoral researcher at Oxford University (Gro for GooD), reports on her experiences last year with Kenya at The Third Annual Devolution Conference, Meru, Kenya, April 2016 Devolution is here to last! This message…
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Policy: Devolution & Water Services in Kenya
from Gro for GooD newsletter 2 Johanna Koehler, Gro for GooD researcher (University of Oxford) reports from Kenya’s Third Annual Devolution Conference, April 2016 Devolution is here to last! This message was delivered loud and clear at the Third Annual Devolution Conference in Kenya, organised by the Council of Governors. In three years this conference…
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Why it’s time to elevate groundwater – The World Bank
On the World Bank’s Water Blog, Jacob Burke and Marcus Wijnen make the case for better groundwater governance: Groundwater stored in the earth’s crust underpins all our lives – the ultimate source of freshwater for billions has become victim of over-extraction and the ultimate sink for pollutants. For too long, not enough has been done…
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