Water security beyond the water source: water quality and human health
Through years of research, TNC Ecuador concluded that water security required a systemic approach in order to mitigate risks from climate change. Watershed management as an integral decision-making process that links all stakeholders on several levels has appeared as a long-term solution for this.
During 2020, TNC Ecuador led a strategic initiative to improve water security on a national scale. Ecuador’s Water Security Coalition takes 23 nation-wide private, academic and civil stakeholders and puts them together to contribute in public policy, science and conservation development, corporate best practices and communication to help with system transformation towards better water management. TNC, Unicef and UDLA lead the SARCC table (sanitation, wastewater and climate change) to raise awareness on the direct link of human health and water security.
Private sector and government institutions must work on this issue, but other sectors, such as conservation, must contribute to solve these challenges. TNC has taken a broader framework, that includes not only conservation, but also strategic alliances with other sectors that were distant from environmental work in the past.
Source link : https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/latin-america/ecuador/water-security-ecuador-watershed-management-conservation-program/
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Publish date : 2021-07-06 03:00:00
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