IWMI : News Room - Press Releases

Media Releases For further information please contact: James Clarke - Communications Head/Science Writer e-mail iwmi-comms@cgiar.org
2012
30/01	New survey of the effects of climate change on India's water supplies offers hope for water stressed regions (PDF 61KB)

2011
22/11	Climate models show inconsistent results for water availability in Nepal (PDF 48KB)
14/11	Climate Change in Africa's Major River Basins Could Impede Continent's Farm Transformation Efforts, Increase Cross-Border Water Conflicts (PDF 626KB)
12/10	Lao Minister of Agriculture and Forestry opens new International Water Management Institute office in Vientiane (PDF 54KB)
22/08	Radical overhaul of agriculture can create farms that enhance rather than degrade the world's ecosystems, says new report (PDF 57KB)
22/08	Investing in Ecosystem Services Vital to Improving Food Security (PDF 551KB)
26/01	New Director for Africa Region (PDF 117KB)

2010
01/10	Media Release: New CGIAR Consortium CEO to lead the change (PDF 57KB)
31/08	Media Release: Water Storage in an Era of Climate Change: Addressing the Challenge of Increasing Rainfall Variability (PDF 140KB) [French PDF 42KB]
27/08	Media Release: Six-point plan shows how to avert a global water crisis (PDF 95KB)
07/06	Media Release - IWMI-Nepal Open Day to Celebrate IWMI's 25 Years of Research (PDF 178KB)

30/03	Media Release - CGIAR's "Outstanding Scientist of the Year" Says Solution to World's Water Woes Lies in Agriculture (PDF 101KB)

30/03	Media Release - Innovative thinking on agriculture in the Greater Mekong Subregion will help nations meet rising food demands, protect environments and prepare for climate change (PDF 80KB)

03/03	Media Release - IWMI and the Government of LAO PDR Sign MOU - Towards the Sustainable Management of Water and Land Resources in Laos (PDF 27KB)

2009
06/11	Media Release - A Blue Revolution: The Key to Future Food Security (PDF 32KB)

18/08	Water Reform Urgently Needed in Asia to Feed Extra 1.5 Billion People By 2050, Says New Report. (PDF 50KB) [French PDF 42KB] [Chinese PDF 147KB] [Japanese PDF 208KB] [Spanish PDF 53KB]

10/07	Media Release - 12th International Riversymposium (PDF 347KB)

19/03	Sri Lankan Media Release - The High Cost of Missed Opportunities in Managing Water for Food, Livelihoods and Domestic Use (PDF 130KB)

11/03	Media Release - The High Cost of Missed Opportunities in Public Sector Water Management (PDF 82KB)

2008
17/12	Media Release - Underinvestment In Agriculture And Natural Resources Threatens Food Security (PDF 18KB)

18/08	53-City Assessment Finds That in Most Cities Wastewater Dumped Into Environment Ends Up in Urban Agriculture [English PDF 93 KB] [French PDF 121 KB] [German PDF 119 KB] [Spanish PDF 117 KB]

18/06	Media Release - Water And Food Crises Inextricably Linked

19/05	Media Release - Cemagref and IWMI Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Collaborative Research in Water Management

2007
10/07	Media Release - Study Warns That China and India's Planned Biofuel Boost Could Worsen Water Scarcity, Compete with Food Production [PDF 144Kb]

09/07	Media release -IWMI wins SAP ACE Award 2007 for Public Sector Services Implementation [PDF 100Kb]

07/07	Media release on new IWMI Director General 2007 [PDF 105Kb]

2006
08/06	Scientists with Landmark Study Tracking 50 Years of Water Management Practices Call for Radical Action to Ease Water Scarcity [PDF 56Kb]

08/06	A Third of the World Population Faces Water Scarcity Today [PDF 42Kb]

08/06	Water for Irrigated Agriculture & the Environment - Australia- Crawford Fund media release [PDF 58Kb]

2005
07/06	The International Center for Underutilized Crops (ICUC) moves to Sri Lanka Joint Statement by IWMI and ICUC [PDF 150Kb]

20/04	Scientists Unite in Call for Action as Global Food Demands Threaten to Outstrip World Water Supply [PDF 50Kb]

20/04	Water for our daily bread: Opinion Editorial [PDF 13Kb]

	Development experts gather to debate promise of water saving rice