WWF
WWF is a ngo that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
New database provides world’s most comprehensive data on river barriers and reservoirs
A new database developed by the Global Dam Watch (GDW) consortium is set to revolutionize our understanding of river barriers and reservoirs worldwide. The database, known as the GDW database, integrates existing global datasets to provide the most comprehensive and globally consistent resource for large-scale analyses to date. Researchers and policymakers can learn more about the GDW […]
Global momentum for climate action surges as 38 nations embrace the Freshwater Challenge
The Freshwater Challenge aims to ensure 300,000km of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands are committed to restoration by 2030, and to protect freshwater ecosystems.
Water crisis threatens $58 trillion in economic value, food security and sustainability
First ever annual estimate of economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems is $58 trillion – equivalent to 60% of global GDP. Degradation of rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers threatens their economic value and their irreplaceable role in sustaining human and planetary health.
World strikes agreement to stop biodiversity loss
Immediate action is needed to deliver on this global goal.
New study finds freshwater species populations suffer an 83% fall
Wildlife populations in Latin America and the Caribbean plummeting at a staggering rate of 94. Freshwater species populations have suffered an 83% fall. The report’s Living Planet Index shows that there is no time to lose in securing a nature-positive society
What is groundwater and why is it so important?
Thinking about freshwater often brings to mind pictures of flowing streams and crystal clear lakes, but actually, almost all freshwater in the world (that is not frozen and locked away in ice caps and glaciers) is groundwater. Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rock. It is […]
Global food security at risk from growing threats to rivers
New analysis finds that irrigation with river water accounts for 25% of all food, while 40% of global fish consumption depends on rivers.
Over 160,000 miles of rivers are at risk of losing their free-flowing status due to dams
Proposed hydropower dams on free-flowing rivers would collectively generate less than 2% of the renewable energy needed by 2050 to keep global temperature increase below 1.5° C.
New WWF analysis reveals the possibility of freeing at least 7800 km of rivers in EU from barriers
WWF’s new Potential of Barrier Removal to Reconnect Europe’s Rivers report analyses a sample of 30,000 barriers on large and medium-sized rivers in Europe, and assesses their reconnection potential for the whole continent, the EU27, and by country. The conclusions are based on the length of river which could be reconnected, and the ecological quality of reconnected rivers […]