Previous Events – Water Research Commission

ROADSHOW - THE POTENTIAL OF AGRICULTURE IN ENHANCING FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTH AFRICA

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Presentations:

Urban Farming

Urban Food Security

Urban Hydroponics in Enhancing Food Security

Water-Energy-Food Nexus

UN DECADE OF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION METHODS DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR APPLICATION IN AFRICA

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Presentations :

Leaping into the Decade of Restoration.
Eco-revitalization of the River Ravi Basin.
Restoration Lessons from Kenya: The Kenya Water Tower.
Using Environmental Flows methods to guide river ecosystem restoration.
Water Funds for Ecosystem Restoration: Case Studies from Africa.

TOWARDS A NATIONAL WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME IN SOUTH AFRICA

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Presentations :

COVID-WASH and environmental surveillance.
Developing a Non-SeweredCOVID Surveillance Tool.
Environmental surveillance of COVID-19 in South Africa.
Introduction and Design principles for the pilot monitoring phase.
SACCESS Network Update.
Towards a national wastewater surveillance programme in South Africa.

DIALOGUE: IMPLEMENTING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SECTOR

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Presentations :

Develping and Achieveing CE_CSIR.

Implementing CE in SA_Dr Musvoto.

SA Pespectives on CE_DSI.

DIALOGUE_ THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WATER INSECURITY

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Presentations :

Impact of Water Scarcity in SA_Dr Markantonis.

The need for a revised economic perspective re water_TIPS.

Water and Economic Development_Dr Ngobeni.

Water Security, Risk, & Economic Grow_Balasubramanya.

WRC ORIENTATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)_DWS

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WRC Orientation for Expression of Interest (EOI)_DWS

WORLD FOOD DAY DIALOGUE “POST COVID-19: STRENGTHENING INDIGENOUS FOOD SYSTEMS FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE, EQUITABLE AND HEALTHY FOOD SYSTEMS

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Presentations :

Building Food and Nutrition Security.
Indigenous Crops.
Inherent Resilience of Indigenous Food.
The Future of Food.
Under-Valued Indigenous Knowledge.

DIALOGUE: WATER QUALITY THREATENS ECO-TOURISM

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Presentations :

Coastal and Marine Economy by Bonani Madikizela

Global Tourism During & Post COVID-19 by Prof Godwell Nhamo et al.

Impact Of Degraded Freshwater by Institute Of Natural Resources

NBA Overview And Water Quality Impacts by Dewidine van der

-Water Quality Threatens Eco-Tourism by DWS

LESSONS LEARNED FROM SARS-COV-2 IN WASTEWATER: SURVEILLANCE, GENOMICS, EARLY WARNING

Date : 27 August 2020

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UNPACKING SOUTH AFRICA’S CHANGING WATER LAW FOR TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE

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DIALOGUE: ARE WATER SERVICES AFFORDABLE IN SOUTH AFRICA?

Presentations:

Affordable OR Not_Kim Walsh

Cost of Water Resources and Services in SA by Misaveni Ngobeni
Insight Into Setting Sustainable Water Tariffs In SA_Johane Dikgang
Water Affordability -The field of Play_Dhesigen Naidoo

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WRC WEBINAR DIALOGUE :CELEBRATING WOMAN EMANCIPATION THROUGH GREEN ECONOMY

Date: 13 Aug 2020

Presentations:

Supporting ‘Green-Preneurs’ and Women by Kate Rowntree& Laura Conde Aller _Rhodes University

Green Economy in Action - Mining Salt from Baleni Wetland by Special Women

Green Agriculture Revolution by HyaMatla Organics

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CELEBRATION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN DECLARATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER

WRC WOMEN & LEADERSHIP EVENT

Date : 25 Aug 2020

Presentations:

Solvay Conference gender parity

The Paradigm Shift That Needs To Take Place by Dr Jackie King

Women Leading Water Research Science by Michelle Hiestermann

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WORKSHOP: WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) AND COVID-19: IORA MEMBER STATES RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND BEYOND

Date: 31 August 2020

Presentations:

Actions Covid 19
WASH and COVID-19
Mauritius Response
Water, Sanitation, Health and COVID 19

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