RESULTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Publications
2021
The role of sanitation regulatory agencies and service providers in spring conservation for water security.
This document discusses the conceptual and legal aspects of the role of the sanitation sector in spring protection. Designed under the Brazilian legal framework, its purpose is to serve as a benchmark for other countries willing to promote the sanitation sector leadership to protect their source waters.
2021
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA) and Water Funds Guide
This document seeks to guide designers and executors of Water Funds in Latin America in order for them to understand Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA) approach and implement measures that reduce vulnerability of people to climate events by leveraging ecosystem services and biodiversity, as part of the actions that contribute to the water security of their watersheds
Source Water Protection & Climate Adaptation The Role of Water Funds.
2020
Ecosystem based adaptation, implemented through water funds, can help build more resilient communities and cities in the face of climate change
2019
A Guide to Monitoring and EvaluatingWater Funds
This guides exposes how to sustain an existing water funds, how to encourage new ones and the need of implementating a monitoring and impact evaluations. Implementation monitoring maximizesthe chanceof a water fund being successful because it allows for adaptive management, and an impact evaluationgeneratesevidence of benefits to people and nature and highlights what works.
2019
New knowledge resource: A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Water Funds
TNC recently developed a new guidance doc to support water fund project managers and field staff. Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese, it provides practical guidance and advice on the design and implementation of monitoring for any water fund. If our “science-based” adage is to be more than marketing speak, then sustainably-funded monitoring needs to be a part of every water fund.
Source Water Protection & Climate Adaptation The Role of Water Funds.
2019
This document presents a new methodology for a continental assessment of the potential of watershed conservation activities to improve the quality of surface drinking water and mitigate flood and stormwater flood risks in 70 major cities in Latin America. Public geospatial data was used to analyze 887 associated watersheds.
2018
Natural Infrastructure for Water of the Guandu System, Rio de Janeiro
This report is part of a series of knowledge products of the World Resource Institute
(WRI), in which the WRI Green-Gray Assessment is applied to evaluate new solutions to the challenges of water management in Latin America. In the Rio de Janeiro Report, the study shows that the restoration of 3,000 hectares would result in a 13% return on investment for Rio´s State Water and Sewage Company (CEDAE), generating approximately $39 million in savings for the company over a period of 30 years.
2018
Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities
The current report reflects the importance of integrated action towards ensuring access to water for all and sustaining life on land. The provision of clean water is the most basic ecosystem service necessary for life on earth. Yet, growing demand for water caused by an increasing human population, combined with adverse effects of climate change, are creating unprecedented challenges for sustainable development.
Natural Infrastructure in São Paulo’s Water System
2018
This report is part of a series of informational products of the Institute of World Resources (WRI), in which the WRI Green-Gray Assessment is applied to evaluate new solutions to water management challenges in Latin America. A key concept is that natural infrastructure must be considered a strategy for water management in Brazil, in Latin America, and around the world.
The São Paulo Report shows that the restoration of 4,000 hectares and the maintenance of the original vegetation can reduce soil erosion over a period of 30 years, which would diminish by 36% the displacement of soil, dirt, and sediments in the rivers that supply the Cantareira system, generating a total net savings of approximately $69 million.
Water Funds: Conserving Green Infrastructure – TNC
2012
This manual is a TNC effort to compile, analyze and synthesize its own experience, along with that of some existing Water Funds and other being created. The goal is to provide operational guidelines to the people and organizations interested in establishing a Water Fund or similar mechanism. Each locality has different ecological, social, economic, legal, and institutional feature and, therefore, each Water Fund presents its characteristics, phases, and projections.
March-April 2011
Conservación y Preservación del Medio Ambiente con Familia Verde – Fondo de Agua Yaque
The Green Family project is managed by the Ministry of the Environment of the Dominican Republic to encourage ecological, sports, and recreational activities in homes and around protected areas. It also seeks to help members who live in its surroundings to value and take advantage of the areas responsibly.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS FROM THE SECTOR
6th. Global Environment Perspectives Report (GEO, for its acronym in English)
“The science is clear. The health and prosperity of humanity are directly related to the state of our environment, “said Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director of the UN Environment.” This report is a perspective for humanity, we are at a crossroads. Do we continue on our current path, which will lead us to a bleak future for humanity, or do we move toward a more sustainable development path?
The Global Risks Interconnections Map 2018 – World Economic Forum
Each year, the Global Risks Report works with experts and decision makers around the world to identify and analyze the most pressing risks we face. As the pace of change accelerates and risk interconnections deepen, this year’s report highlights the growing tension we are exerting on many of the global systems we trust.
2018 UN World Water Development Report, Nature-based Solutions for Water – UNESCO
This report seeks to inform policy and decision makers who are part of as well as those outside the water-security community about the potential of nature-based solutions to address the contemporary challenges of water management in all sectors, and particularly concerning water for agriculture, sustainable cities, reduction of the risk of disaster, and water quality.
8th World Water Forum Highlights – WW Forum
June 2018
The 8th World Water Forum, held in Brasilia from March 18-23, 2018, marked the largest edition in the history of this event and put the water at the top of the political and social agenda. The goal was to promote discussions at different levels on a wide range of topics related to water security. Additionally, it aimed at developing collective efforts through the establishment of commitments and other positive results.
March 2012
In 2010, the 2030 Water Agenda became integrated to respond to water problems and reverse trends that affect the long-term sustainability of economic and human development. The Agenda’s main contributions are the vision and principles that it postulates, which express the will of society to take the path of sustainable development.
Water Funds: Conserving Green Infrastructure – TNC
2012
This manual is a TNC effort to compile, analyze and synthesize its own experience, along with that of some existing Water Funds and other being created. The goal is to provide operational guidelines to the people and organizations interested in establishing a Water Fund or similar mechanism. Each locality has different ecological, social, economic, legal, and institutional feature and, therefore, each Water Fund presents its characteristics, phases, and projections.
March-April 2011
Conservación y Preservación del Medio Ambiente con Familia Verde – Fondo de Agua Yaque
The Green Family project is managed by the Ministry of the Environment of the Dominican Republic to encourage ecological, sports, and recreational activities in homes and around protected areas. It also seeks to help members who live in its surroundings to value and take advantage of the areas responsibly.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS FROM THE SECTOR
6th. Global Environment Perspectives Report (GEO, for its acronym in English)
“The science is clear. The health and prosperity of humanity are directly related to the state of our environment, “said Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director of the UN Environment.” This report is a perspective for humanity, we are at a crossroads. Do we continue on our current path, which will lead us to a bleak future for humanity, or do we move toward a more sustainable development path?
The Global Risks Interconnections Map 2018 – World Economic Forum
Each year, the Global Risks Report works with experts and decision makers around the world to identify and analyze the most pressing risks we face. As the pace of change accelerates and risk interconnections deepen, this year’s report highlights the growing tension we are exerting on many of the global systems we trust.
2018 UN World Water Development Report, Nature-based Solutions for Water – UNESCO
This report seeks to inform policy and decision makers who are part of as well as those outside the water-security community about the potential of nature-based solutions to address the contemporary challenges of water management in all sectors, and particularly concerning water for agriculture, sustainable cities, reduction of the risk of disaster, and water quality.