Goals, progress and priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977 to New York in 2023 UN 2023 Water Conference, UN Headquarters, New York, 22-24 March 2023 Access at ResearchGate a free preprint/draft of the article ‘Goals, progress and priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977...
“South Africa is one of the world’s driest countries, receiving approximately one-quarter of average levels of rainfall, with most precipitation confined to small areas of the country.” This video from the Natural Resource Stewardship Programme discusses how they are...
The Water Justice Hub was formally established on 14 October 2019 as an initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance at the Australian National University. The Hub is supported by a five-year Australian Research Council Laureate...
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) have been found to contaminate much of the United States waterways, to the extent that they can be found in 99% of Americans' blood. In this Vox documentary, we learn about the effects of these ‘forever chemicals’...
Photo: Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council's website "Residents in flooded parts of Western Australia's Kimberley region are facing a lengthy and costly clean-up, after the record-breaking weather event caused severe damage to homes and infrastructure." Read more:...
Chris Perry (former Editor in Chief, Agricultural Water Management) & Quentin Grafton (Australian National University, Australia) According to the World Meteorological Organization’s just released State of Global Water Resources report, five billion...
A manifesto for change ANA MANERO, VIRGINIA MARSHALL, QUENTIN GRAFTON In attempting to understand the true value of the natural environment and its importance to Indigenous people, researchers and policymakers must be led by Indigenous knowledge and...
Kat Taylor, Anne Poelina, Quentin Grafton When the British colonised Australia they assumed terra nullius, “nobody’s land”, and aqua nullius, “nobody’s water”. In 1992, terra nullius was overturned – but aqua nullius remains. Aqua nullius denies the existence of...
Kat Taylor, Anne Poelina, William Nikolakis, Libby Larsen, and R. Quentin Grafton EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Indigenous/Aboriginal water reserves are increasingly used in water allocation plans across northern Australia. Indigenous water reserves aim to address water...
“The water problem here is really affecting everything – we spend all our days looking for water” This piece by Al Jazeera features how people in Northern Ghana are struggling to access water – and are turning to rivers to survive. This is, however, under threat from...