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NeWater Project (New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty)
GWSP - Global Water System Project

Glossaries:

FAO Land and Water Glossary (Food and Agricultural Organisation)
UNESCO International Glossary of Hydrology (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
International Glossary of Hydrology

Databases, Atlases and Tools:

AquaStress Decision Taking web-based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) application
Biodiversity Europe; Deliberation Support Tool
Econsense web-based tools that allows users to generate climate maps according to individual preferences
Encyclopedia of the Earth (electrocnic reference about the Earth, its natural environments and their interaction with society)
European Union Databases Informaion sources, databases
FAO databases (Food and Agricultural Organisation)
FAO statistics (Food and Agricultural Organisation)
Global and Regional Marine Assessment Database : A survey of global and regional marine environmental assessments and related scientific activities. The GRAMED Database is managed and hosted by UNEP-WCMC.
Atlas GWSP GWSP's online Digital Water Atlas
IUCN Watersheds of the world (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
GWSP Digital Water Atlas annotated maps describing the basic elements of the Global Water System
IWMI Water Atlas (International Water Management Institute)
Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development: Collection of community mapping and participatory GIS multimedia.
Integrated Assessment Society
Open Ocean a suite of tools that enable the integrated ecological and socioeconomic assessment of fishery policy and marine conservation
Transdisciplinarity Network
Viviane Prototype multimedia technology for awareness creation
Worldbank research and databases
Zotero Firefox extension for collecting, managing and citing research sources

Related Education Programmes

Cap-Net Capacity building for Integrated Water Resources Management
UNESCO Water Portal United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
World Water Council - Water education materials
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment Open Educational Resource
Learning for sustainability

International water related links:

Earth Portal Timely, objective, science-based information about the environment
EU CORDIS European Union Community Research and Development Information Service
EurAqua Network of European Freshwater Organizations
European Environment Agency
European Topic Centre on Water: international consortium supporting the EEA in environmental information provision
European Water Association NGO for management and improvement of the water environment
European Water Conference 2009 Results of 2nd European Water Conference 2009
European Water Framework Directive: Integrated river basin management for Europe
Global Water Partnership working partnership among all those involved in water management
HarmoniCA Harmonised Modelling Tools in Integrated Basin Management
IUCN Water and Nature Initiave (WANI)
IWRM-net Regional and National Research Programme network on Integrated Water Resource Management
International River Foundation catalyst for the protection and restoration of the world’s rivers
International Rivers Network linking human rights and environmental protection
International Network of Basin Organisations promote integrated water resources management at the level of river basins
International Water Association international network of water professionals
International Water Management Institute non-profit research organisation funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) Bridging the knowledge gap for low-cost water supply, sanitation and in developing countries.
Rivernet (European Rivers Network)
UN-Water UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC)
United Nations System - Wide Earthwatch UN initiative to coordinate, harmonize and catalyze environmental observation activities among all UN agencies for integrated assessment purposes
Water directory online directory of all things related to water
Water footprint indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of consumers and producers
Waterwijs Bio-economic model for generating land & water use patterns
WISE-RTD Portal - Consolidated Experiences in Water Management
World Water Council - International Multi-Stakeholder Platform for a Water Secure World
World Water Forum initiative of the WWC to raise awareness on water issues worldwide

NeWater case study material :

Case study	Links
Amudarya	Interstate Commission for Water Coordination UNDP Water, Climate and Development Issues in the Amudarya Basin NeWater Report Series No. 11 Adaptive Management in Transboundary Contexts
Elbe	Rivernet International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe NeWater Report Series No. 11 Adaptive Management in Transboundary Contexts NeWater Report Series no. 17 Baseline Assessment of the Elbe Basin NeWater Report Series No. 18 Stakeholder report defining needs for research, tools and capacity builsing in the Elbe basin
Guadiana	Rivernet NeWater Report Series No. 11 Adaptive Management in Transboundary Contexts
Nile	International Rivers Network Nile Basin Initiative Nile Basin Society Nile Basin Discourse NeWater Report Series No. 11 Adaptive Management in Transboundary Contexts
Orange	Orange River Basin Commission (SADC) http://www.dwaf.gov.za/ www.dwaf.gov.za/orange/default.htm NeWater Report Series No. 11 Adaptive Management in Transboundary Contexts
Rhine	www.rhinenet.net/ Rivernet International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine NeWater Report Series No. 11 Adaptive Management in Transboundary Contexts
Tisza	http://www.newater.info/ http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=6023 NeWater Report Series No. 11 Adaptive Management in Transboundary Contexts

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