Highlighting the cultural and social factors of water sciences and management
The project on Water and Cultural Diversity aims to mainstream social and cultural components into water sciences and management to ensure sustainability of water resources and cultures. The project reflects UNESCO’s vision of water: sustainable management of water is as much cultural as it is technical.
The increasing demand for water and complexity of issues surrounding water require an integrated, transdisciplinary approach to water resource management. In order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals under the tremendous pressures that the world is currently facing, integration of human dimensions into water resource management and policy development is vital.
Brochure for the project on water and cultural diversity published (New!)
This brochure, which is an outcome of the expert advisory group meeting for the project on water and cultural diversity held in January 2008, provides a brief overview of the project. It includes the background, future steps and the main objective of the project: mainstreaming cultural diversity in water resources management.
To obtain paper copies of the brochure, please contact Lisa Hiwasaki
Contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal 7 “ensure environmental sustainability” by:
Recognizing and respecting cultural diversity and interweaving various perspectives towards collaborative and inclusive actions for sustainability of water and cultures.
Read more about the concept for the database and the community of practice.
Find out more about the project on ‘water and cultural diversity’
If you would like more information or would like to be involved in this new initiative, please contact Lisa Hiwasaki