West Asia Day at the Congress Water Pavilion

The top ten driest countries in the world are located in the West Asia region! This shocking fact is a driving factor for all countries in this region to elevate issues of water resource management to the international level. Therefore, IUCN West Asia/Middle East Regional Water Resources & Drylands Programme (REWARD) has organized a West Asia Water day at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona.  Five pioneering country projects were presented as case studies in river basins and watersheds in Palestine, Jordan (two projects), Egypt and Yemen. Those REWARD projects all encourage using the right methodologies and approaches through multi-stakeholder dialogues. IUCN's role is to facilitate the dialogue between all the stakeholders and build their capacities to come out with the logical solutions for all the challenges facing those areas. More details | REWARD Programme