Partners

PCCP (From Potential Conflict to Co-operation Potential)

www.unesco.org/water/wwap/pccp

Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS)

www.unesco.org/links

Man and Biosphere Programme (MAB)

www.unesco.org/mab

Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)

www.chikyu.ac.jp

UNU-IAS Research Traditional Knowledge Water Programme

http://www.unutki.org/

UN Agencies and Programmes, and their initiatives

GEMS/WATER Global Environment Monitoring System

www.gemswater.org/

International Decade for Action Water for Life (2005-2015)

www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

www.ifad.org/

UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

www.unesco.org/education/desd/

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

http://www.unep.org/

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/

United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/

WaterWiki

http://WaterWiki.net

Water and biodiversity related resources

Circle of Blue: Water news

http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/

DIVERSITAS

http://www.diversitas-international.org/

EarthTrends, the Environmental Information Portal

http://earthtrends.wri.org/index.php

International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)

http://www.ilternet.edu/

Millenium Ecosystem Assessment

www.millenniumassessment.org/

Waterlife: The story of the last great supply of fresh drinking water on earth

http://waterlife.nfb.ca/

World Atlas of Biodiversity

http://bure.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm

World Commission on Dams

http://www.dams.org/

Water-related events

The International Riversymposium

www.riversymposium.com/

5th World Water Forum

http://www.worldwaterforum5.org/

World Water Day 2006 (Water and Culture)

http://www.unesco.org/water/wwd2006/

Water art

Liquid Sculpture

http://www.liquidsculpture.com/index.htm

Water and art (Environment Canada)

http://www.ec.gc.ca/WATER/en/culture/art/e_art.htm

Water in art

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/water/art.html

Acequias:  A Traveling Exhibition
http://www.acequias.eu/en/index_en.html  

Please access the institutions and experts sections of the database for links to institutions and experts working on the topic of water and cultural diversity.