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Securing a Sustainable Future
December 10, 2018
As we round off our second year of implementing the Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP), we’re celebrating! Thanks to funding from USAID and support from our consortium of partners, we’ve accomplished so much over the last twelve months. In the last fiscal year, we have: Completed a series of six methodological toolkits to guide water security programming. Begun or […]
Water@Wilson: SWP’s John Parker on Transboundary Water Cooperation
November 29, 2018
Water is essential to human life. But as growing risks such as climate change and demographic shifts alter the realities of water resource management and WASH service provision, new challenges and opportunities arise. On November 28, experts gathered at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., to discuss the challenges of water insecurity that stand in […]
Translating Data into Action
October 25, 2018
When Clara Bocchino began her undergraduate degree in Milan, studying foreign languages and literature, she thought she would go on to be an interpreter. But one class, a study in human geography, introduced her to community-based natural resource management – and changed her life. “Transboundary conservation really captured my attention – the complexity of the […]
Water @ Wilson: 50 Years of Water, Conflict and Cooperation
October 24, 2018
Water is critical. It grows our food, generates our energy, and ensures our prosperity. To address the challenges that stand in the way of building healthy, prosperous, and peaceful communities, we must first tackle the challenge of water insecurity. As the Wilson Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Environmental Change and Security Program marks water’s […]
Winrock Leaders Join the Conversation at Concordia 2018
October 17, 2018
Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson and several other Winrock leaders joined thousands of delegates at the 2018 Concordia Summit September 24 and 25. Concordia brings together decision-makers from the public, private and nonprofit sectors working on some of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. Winrock was thrilled to participate and lead several […]
Address of Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson to Redlands Forum
September 25, 2018
Well, thank you, Shelly, and thank all of you for coming out tonight. When I heard that I’m coming before Dolores Huerta, it’s pretty daunting. I don’t have 11 kids, either. Also, I’d like to thank the colleagues at Esri, Jack and Laura Dangermond for their support, and the University of Redlands and the Town […]
Thinking Like a Water Model
September 19, 2018
In the Stung Chinit basin of Cambodia, rice farmers and fishermen depend on the same water. More rice means more water diverted from the river – and if too much water is diverted, unhealthy river flows lead to fewer fish. But that doesn’t mean the two sectors must be at odds. Last month, my colleagues […]
The Future of Forests: An Optimist’s View
September 17, 2018
“I believe that there’s hope, there’s great hope for us to change the course of the future of the planet,” said Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson at the Redlands Forum in Redlands, California. “And the way we can do that is through the application of technology.” The Redlands Forum, sponsored by the mapping technology […]
Sustainable Development and Science: Bridging the Gap with Tools
September 12, 2018
While sipping your tea this morning, chances are you weren’t thinking about the journey it made to reach your cup. A world away, on a plantation in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, those tea leaves grew, were handpicked by farm workers and hauled off in diesel trucks to processors who fermented and dried them. The […]
Women, Water and World Hunger
September 10, 2018
For hundreds of millions of women, providing food to feed their families is a daily imperative. Many of them depend solely on the meager yields of small plots and farms, with little or no access to support when vital crops fail. At the same time, they shoulder the burden of household chores like fetching water, […]