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3R Seminar at the Stockholm World Water Week 2012

Upscaling Water Storage Solutions:
'The Economic Potential'


Convenors: Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network (RAIN) and Acacia Water (Acacia), Aqua for All, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany (BGR), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and MetaMeta.
Sponsors: Aqua for all, BGR, Heineken, Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network (RAIN).

3R seminar 2012 information
Again this year's 3R seminar at Stockholm World Water Week was a success, with over 100 participants. Please find the key-note speaker presentations underneath.

Presentations available of the 3R seminar:

1. Collective Storage (Small Dams) - Rethinking the Design and Management of Small Dams in West-Africa'
Presented by: Mr. Jean-Marc Faurès, Senior Officer (Water Resources Management), Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome

2. Rainwater Harvesting Systems and up-scaling of Micro-finance models
Presented by: Indira Shakya, Biogas Sector Partnership (BSP) - Nepal, Nepal

3. Cost and Benefit of Catchment Management and regreening in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Presented by: Dr. Kifle Woldearagay, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

A joint statement with the Multiple Use Services group was developed at SWWW2012:
"We need to transform landscapes through managing local water buffers for multiple use(r)s"

Our session has also been summarised and documented at the SWWW2012 internet site, please find the link here.