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The German retailer has the motivation to do something to improve the water situation in the Colombian region sourcing bananas, as well as to manage water risks in Zona Bananera, more specifically the Frio and Sevilla rivers, near the Colombian Caribbean coast. We provided the technical expertise to put together data and information collected on the field in a way that it can guide action and bring about change at the river basin level.

 

 

On World Environment Day, the BioCuenca Alliance is launched in Cucutá, Colombia. BioCuenca seeks to generate a collective action platform directed at the environmental conservation of the catchments of the rivers Zulia and Pamplonita in Northern Santander, Colombia.

 

The State of Nature in the EU report says that especially the European freshwater environment and its species are in a worrying state. The trend is that the pressures on freshwater will increase resulting in negative effects on society and economy. Ultimately these effects will need to be managed leading to higher costs. It is clear to experts that good water management is the best investment to counter this situation. But this is not so clear to most European citizens, civil servants, business people and politicians.

  1. The Water Footprint according to Good Stuff International
  2. Colombia the first country to publish the water footprints of all its 316 watersheds
  3. Join the Global Water Footprint Standard Training in Colombia
  4. Nailing down the links between water, agriculture, landuse and people’s needs in Latin America