Spanish version available Balancing water needs and the sustainability of ecosystems is the key to guaranteeing access to water in a sustainable manner. On World Environment Day, we present a water management model for transboundary basins that achieves this goal. By Andrea Ortega C. and Eveline Vasquez-Arroyo Water is a finite resource and Latin America and the … [Read more...] about Pantanal: The challenge of managing transboundary water resources and protecting the environment
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Innovation: The key to guarantee access to water and sanitation
On this World Day of Creativity and Innovation, we want to highlight creative tools from the water and sanitation sector that improve water management in Latin America and the Caribbean. By Andrea Ortega C*. Albert Einstein once said that "a problem cannot be solved by thinking in the same way as when it was created". Innovation puts this idea into practice; itis … [Read more...] about Innovation: The key to guarantee access to water and sanitation
The IDB-FEMSA award for innovative and entrepreneurial solutions in sanitation
By María Augusta Olmedo Velasco* The IDB-FEMSA Award is one of the most important prizes for the water and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in partnership with the FEMSA Foundation, it promotes innovative and entrepreneurial solutions to water, sanitation and solid waste challenges. This year’s … [Read more...] about The IDB-FEMSA award for innovative and entrepreneurial solutions in sanitation
Plan Trifinio at the United Nations 2023 Conference on Water
By Raphaelle Ortiz* Between March 22 and 24, the United Nations (UN) organized a conference on water. Through multiple events, various organizations presented their plans to accelerate activities to achieve sustainable development goal 6 (SDG 6), which states: "[To] guarantee the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all." With only 7 years left … [Read more...] about Plan Trifinio at the United Nations 2023 Conference on Water
Wastewater Reuse: A resourceful yet underused strategy to preserve water
*By Daniela Araya, Pedro Moreo and Marle Reyes- Project Coordination Group of the GEF CReW+ Project. Because freshwater is scarce, all levels of society must practice water conservation, particularly in drought-stricken areas. However, water reuse – a strategy that could preserve our limited resources- is still underused and underfunded in many countries. Low and … [Read more...] about Wastewater Reuse: A resourceful yet underused strategy to preserve water