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World Water Day 2008: Investments in Sanitation can Yield 9-to-1 Benefits

UN Report Urges Overhaul of Policy Approaches for Desertification

Media Release (65 Kb pdf)

Read the policy brief: Re-thinking Policies to Cope with Desertification (1.8 Mb pdf)

Marine environment at top of the agenda as Nakheel signs landmark agreement with UNU - 14 January 2007 <download press release>

	Dr. LeeNah Hsu to deliver the first UNU-INWEH Water-Health Seminar: Creating a sustainable future: A systems approach to water, health and development - 16 August 2006
	UNU Appoints New Director for UNU-INWEH - 5 June 2006
	"Many of 2 Billion Dryland Dwellers at Risk as Land Degrades" - Report on Global Desertification Launched: Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis - June 15, 2005.

Link to UNU Update

	Training and Capacity Building -------
	River Basin Ecosystems
	Coastal Zone Ecosystems
	Dryland Ecosystems
	Water and Sanitation

Last updated: 7 May 2008