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14th International Drainage Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 30 May - 1 June 2024
Act swiftly to secure your spot at this premier event, as early bird registrations will soon be available, offering discounted rates for a limited time only.
The Irrigation Australia Exhibition Prospectus and Sponsorship Prospectus for 2024 has been released, offering unparalleled exposure, networking, and business expansion opportunities. Act now to secure your place!
The conference promises a rich program with presenters from around the globe, and a structure designed to maximise interaction. Around 100 exhibitors will showcase the most innovative products and services currently available on the market. We are confident that delegates from across the industry will return home with new connections, new friends, and new ideas to try in their own regions, wherever they may be.
To stay updated on the event and secure your participation, keep an eye on the official event website. By joining this event in Sydney, Australia, you can seize the opportunity to establish valuable partnerships, generate leads, and leave a lasting impact on the future of irrigation.
Stay tuned for further details on early bird registration and how to capitalise on these exclusive opportunities to elevate your brand, expand your network, and drive sales success.
Theme - Partnerships and Cooperation for Inclusive Water Development and Management
Email : connect@indiawaterweek.in, Website : https://iww.icidevents.org/ Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Wastewater Reuse (REUSE EUROMED 2024), October 29-31, 2024, Montpellier, France - The conference will bring together researchers, water professionals, policy makers and experts on the theme of wastewater reuse.The conference is co-organized by AFEID, the INRAE REUSE Network and the Water, Agriculture and Climate Change Partnership Chair. For more information please visit the link: https://reuse2024.sciencesconf.org/
Sub-Theme 2: Strategic Water Resources Management in Enhancing Community Resilience
Sub-Theme 3: Innovation and Financing Resilient Solutions for Water Security
Sub-Theme 4: Actions for Water and Climate Adaptations and Resilience; and Sub-Theme 5: Climate-Smart Communities Planning and Legislation
Website : https://www.cairowaterweek.eg/
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Invitation to Join ICID Membership
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The Commission thrives on its worldwide network of experts from multifarious disciplines from 70 countries, who came together in the interest of global water management. All are members contribute to this higher cause by offering their voluntary services.
Currently, there are two different kinds of membership categories; National Committees and Direct Members. National Committees (NC) represent their countries mostly through their government departments responsible for irrigation, drainage or agricultural water management.
Companies, institutions, and individuals can also participate in ICID activities through their respective NCs or as Direct Members (DM). Professionals, individuals and officers of a government or of an institution or institutions - government and non-government; and companies, effectively representing interests within the scope of the objects of the Commission can participate in ICID activities through Direct Membership, to further the objects of the Commission in their countries or sovereign areas.
In the course of our activities and events conducted throughout the world, we associate with many different kinds of NGOs, national governments, researchers, corporate sectors, civil society organizations, and individuals. They are not necessarily members of ICID network but our associates and an important part of ICID fraternity.. For more details, please visit: https://icid-ciid.org/view_page/2
Acidification may strip Indian soils of 3.3 billion tonnes of essential carbon, affecting crop growth, sequestration: Study
15 April 2024
Over 30 per cent of cultivable land in India is said to carry acidic soil, impacting plant growth. Now, a new study highlighted another concern: Loss of soil inorganic carbon, a stable carbon pool.
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ICID Publication - Historical Water Sustainability, 2023
The latest data from WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (August 2023) show that 25 countries housing one-quarter of the global population face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply. And at least 50% of the world’s population around 4 billion people live under highly water-stressed conditions for at least one month of the year. https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/HWS-ePublication.pdf
Paper published on "Misconceptions and misunderstandings in agricultural water management: Time for revisiting, reflection and rethinking" by ICID Hon. President Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab. https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/PH_Ragab%20Research%20Article2024.pdf
ICID Publication - Compendium World Heritage Irrigation Structures (2014-2022)
Since the dawn of human civilization water has been an enabler of societal development so much so that we started believing “Water is Life,” a common phrase in most languages. And, life is multi-dimensional involving not only a physical aspect but also economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and spiritual concepts.
https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/WHISCompendium-ePublication.pdf
ICID Publication - Water-Saving in Agriculture - A Roadmap to ICID Vision 2030
This publication is in a way to celebrate the 7-decade existence and relevance of ICID which started with a handful of members and has grown to represent more than 90% of the world irrigated area.
https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/Watsave_eBook2022_comp.pdf
Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review
Climate litigation represents a frontier solution to change the dynamics of the fight against climate change. This Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review shows that people are increasingly turning to the courts to combat the climate crisis. As of December 2022, there have been 2,180 climate-related cases filed in 65 jurisdictions, including international and regional courts, tribunals, quasi-judicial bodies, or other adjudicatory bodies, such as Special Procedures at the United Nations and arbitration tribunals. https://www.unep.org/resources/report/global-climate-litigation-report-2023-status-review
Climate Crossroads: Fiscal Policies in a Warming World - The report takes stock of mitigation policies across countries and presents the trilemma facing policymakers of balancing between achieving climate goals, debt sustainability, and political feasibility. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/FM/Issues/2023/10/10/fiscal-monitor-october-2023
Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report - The much-anticipated Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report is based on years of work by hundreds of scientists during the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment cycle which began in 2015. https://www.unep.org/resources/report/climate-change-2023-synthesis-report