{"id":432253,"date":"2026-05-07T16:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?page_id=432253"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:04:45","slug":"water","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/water\/","title":{"rendered":"Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Water is life. Wherever water flows, from untamed jungle rivers to steadily moving wetlands, ecosystems interweave with communities and their livelihoods. However, growing water challenges put these vital flows at risk. Around the globe, water scarcity is increasing, while floods are occurring with greater frequency and severity.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">OECD. (2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/en\/publications\/2025\/06\/global-drought-outlook_28488e98\/full-report\/towards-a-drier-world_6f10e2e5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Drought Outlook &#8211; Trends, Impacts and Policies to Adapt to a Drier World<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">The Guardian. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/17\/nasa-data-reveals-dramatic-rise-in-intensity-of-weather-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Safeguarding nature is part of the solution. IUCN NL therefore connects water challenges with opportunities for biodiversity, food, and justice.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Header photo: River in Surinam <strong>\u00a9<\/strong> Britta Jaschinksi \/ IUCN NL<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Growing water challenges<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Shifting climate patterns, combined with increasingly extreme weather, are leading to more frequent and severe floods, as well as droughts. While climate change worsens water challenges, key drivers are extractive industries, agribusiness, land\u2011use change, and water diversion. This means that water problems are often consequences of human decisions on land use and related dynamics of deforestation and degradation that are often connected with powerful economic interests. Since drivers of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation relate to water issues, addressing these will naturally help solve water problems as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>IUCN NL specialises in three water-related areas<strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"#Water-security\">water security<\/a>, <a href=\"#Water-justice\">water justice<\/a>, and <a href=\"#Water-governance\">water governance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-secondary\" id=\"block_3b51f53300d06d3022dbf574c8e8e33c\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World&#8217;s largest union for nature conservation<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>IUCN NL is a National Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the largest union for nature conservation in the world. IUCN&nbsp;bundles the experience, knowledge and network of over 1400 authorities, social organisations, knowledge institutions and over 15,000 experts. Part of these experts work on sustainable water management through the IUCN Water and Wetlands Team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Water-security\">Water security<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Water is a human right. Every person on Earth should have access to clean water. Yet, billions of people are still living without safely managed water.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">UN Water. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwater.org\/water-facts\/human-rights-water-and-sanitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human Rights to Water and Sanitation<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Being at the heart of healthy ecosystems and resilient communities, water security concerns the access to safe, sufficient, and clean water for our health, livelihoods, and ecosystems. Access to water is also at the foundation of food security, since agricultural production depends heavily on clean and sufficient water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Water security in responsible management of ecosystems<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Through the Ecosystem Alliance, we have worked with nature to improve the livelihoods of people with low incomes and to build an inclusive economy through participatory and responsible management of ecosystems. Water security played an important role in enabling communities to better participate in and influence the sustainable management of ecosystems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/story\/five-years-ecosystem-alliance-the-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about the Ecosystem Alliance<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>\u2018The capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable quality water for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being, and socio-economic development, for ensuring protection against &nbsp;water-borne pollution and water-related disasters, and for preserving &nbsp;ecosystems in a climate of peace and political stability.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Water security definition of the United Nations<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Un Water. (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwater.org\/publications\/what-water-security-infographic#:~:text=The%20UN%20defines%20water%20security%20as%20the,Support%20livelihoods,%20human%20well-being,%20and%20socio-economic%20development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Water Security? Infographic<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-secondary\" id=\"block_3b51f53300d06d3022dbf574c8e8e33c\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Water footprint<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The amount of water that is needed to produce one product is called \u201cvirtual water\u201d, also known as the water footprint. The export of water-intensive commodities (e.g. beef) to another country is like exporting water in a virtual form, water is embedded in the commodity supply chain. A large water footprint can have serious local consequences, particularly in dry, vulnerable ecosystems: it depletes water resources, worsens scarcity, and redirects water use away from local communities to serve global supply chains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Water-justice\">Water justice<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Water&nbsp;resources are&nbsp;inherently connected to the ecosystems, territories, and people\u2019s livelihoods. Yet across many forest landscapes, water sources are increasingly under pressure from unsustainable land use, extractive industries, and inequitable governance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>A lack of water affects everyone, but when water is polluted or scarce, inequality increases; women, Indigenous peoples, youth, peasant, and fishing communities bear disproportionate burdens of water injustice. Water justice is profoundly intersectional.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">IUCN NL.(2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/interweaving-waters-forests-and-communities-strategies-and-lessons-for-water-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report: Interweaving waters, forests, and communities \u2013 Strategies and lessons for water justice<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Every problem encountered across landscapes \u2013 whether manufactured scarcity, mercury contamination, or river diversion \u2013 reflects stark power imbalances driven by extractive industries like mining and industrial agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Exports of commodities that need large amounts of water, such as beef, create\u202fenormous pressure\u202fon water resources in producing countries, for example in the Colombian Amazon. This leads to forest degradation, biodiversity\u202floss, and escalating water scarcity. Together with our local partners, we therefore aim to end deforestation and environmental degradation linked to water challenges. In addition, we support the work of environmental defenders. Supporting Indigenous peoples and grassroots organisations is crucial to achieve water justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthening local water governance<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>With the In the Forests for a Just Future programme of the&nbsp;Green Livelihoods Alliance, IUCN NL contributed to more sustainable and inclusive governance of tropical forests, in a way that promoted climate mitigation, water provisioning, biodiversity, and human rights and that safeguarded the livelihoods of Indigenous peoples and local communities. In the Philippines, for example, we have strengthened the work of Indigenous water defenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>In Bolivia, we contributed to solutions for the water crisis in the Chiquitano Dry Forest as part of the Forests for a Just Future programme. With our new project Roots of Resilience, we continue our efforts to reverse forest loss and degradation to sustain water cycles, biodiversity, and local communities livelihoods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/project\/forests-for-a-just-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about Forests for a Just Future<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_ecf86a222d3edf49ee1cf0edd3370ec8\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-432259 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><em>Photos: Chiquitania in Bolivia \u00a9 Manuel Seoane \/ IUCN NL&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/mark><\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-432261 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Water-justice-in-Bolivia-Photo-Manuel-Seoane-IUCN-NL-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Water-governance\">Water governance<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Rivers, lakes, and other wet ecosystems have experienced significant degradation due to pollution and habitat destruction, among other causes, with over half of global wetlands lost since 1900.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">UNDP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/nature\/our-work-areas\/water-governance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water governance<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Effective, well-coordinated governance is needed for access to water accessibility and proper management of land and ecosystems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Groundwater is a critical resource for both people and nature. Nevertheless, ground water levels and quality is often unmeasured, underreported, and overlooked.&nbsp;Around the world, overextraction of groundwater is&nbsp;severely&nbsp;impacting&nbsp;communities and ecosystems. This also the case in Bolivia\u2019s Chiquitana, where overextraction by cattle ranchers&nbsp;is affecting the&nbsp;ecosystems water balance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Fluvial governance refers to&nbsp;the integrated management, administration, and collaborative care of river basins, watersheds, and the ecosystems they are part of. For adequate governance, it is essential to build bridges between governmental institutions, private stakeholders, and local communities applying a transboundary approach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Nature restoration can strongly contribute to healthy water flows. With half of the wetlands lost globally, restoring peatlands, lakes, and other wetland ecosystems does not only contribute to climate solutions, but also to clean drinking water and resilient communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">European water governance: restoring our wetlands<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>With the REWET consortium, we study the full potential of European wetlands to develop a comprehensive understanding of how wetlands can best contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation.&nbsp;Large-scale restoration is essential to revive these ecosystems and restore their natural functions. A key focus area of the programme is the implementation EU policies, including the Nature Restoration Law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/project\/rewet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about REWET<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-secondary\" id=\"block_3b51f53300d06d3022dbf574c8e8e33c\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Water and biodiversity nexus expertise for your organisation<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>IUCN NL, as a leading knowledge partner, offers tailor-made consulting expertise to firmly anchor water and biodiversity in your strategy. No matter if you are a small-medium enterprise, an international organisation, or part of a consortium, our expertise helps you to comply with legislation, to reduce risks and strengthen your sustainability profile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>With our strong track record in working with grassroots organisations and communities around the globe, we can contribute to legitimate water solutions and biodiversity restoration benefiting people and nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-services\/biodiversity-advice-for-your-organisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about our advisory work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our approach to water<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>In collaboration with a wide range of partners, including local conservation NGOs, public authorities, businesses, and research institutes, IUCN NL applies a holistic approach to meet today\u2019s challenges. We recognise and work on the nexus between water, biodiversity, and people, applying a context-based approach. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a systematic, for example, is a cross-sectoral approach that promotes the coordinated development and management.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_432253_1('footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">UNEP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/topics\/fresh-water\/water-resources-management\/integrated-water-resources-management#:~:text=Integrated%20water%20resources%20management%20(IWRM)%20is%20a,A%20social%20and%20economic%20good%20*%20Interdependent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Integrated water resources management<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_432253_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Community-based water management is an approach focusing on local control and participation that acknowledges the communities\u2019&nbsp; responsibility of water systems, often in rural or Indigenous contexts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>To determine the best approach, we work closely with local partners and communities applying the perspectives and knowledge of local people, organisations, and institutions. An inclusive, bottom-up approach is central to all our work. Effective and sustainable responses to water challenges must be locally grounded, context-specific, and rooted in care and reciprocity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-secondary\" id=\"block_3b51f53300d06d3022dbf574c8e8e33c\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IUCN NL strategy<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Our projects align with the three <em>pathways<\/em> set out in our strategy for 2024\u20132026. Our work in the field of water aligns with all <em>pathways<\/em>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biodiversity-rich, climate-resilient landscapes;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policies for nature;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IUCN-NL-Strategy-Update-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download our strategy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related topics:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/nature-conservation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature conservation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nature restoration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/forests-and-climate\/\">Forests and climate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/human-rights-and-nature\/\">Human rights and nature<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/gender-equality-and-inclusion\/\">Gender and inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlighted resources:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/interweaving-waters-forests-and-communities-strategies-and-lessons-for-water-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report: Interweaving waters, forests, and communities &#8211; Strategies and lessons for water justice | IUCN NL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/story\/modeling-water-futures-how-climate-change-and-deforestation-are-draining-the-chiquitania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modeling water futures: how climate change and deforestation are draining the Chiquitania | IUCN NL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/blog\/water-conflict-in-chiquitania-the-cost-of-commodity-production\/\">Water conflict in Chiquitania: the cost of commodity production | IUCN NL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/story\/supporting-indigenous-water-defenders-in-the-philippines-lessons-from-the-sierra-madre-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supporting Indigenous water defenders in the Philippines: Lessons from the Sierra Madre forest | IUCN NL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/policy-brief-tackling-policy-dilemmas-for-wetland-restoration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Policy brief: tackling policy dilemmas for wetland restoration&nbsp; | IUCN NL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/pathways-for-translating-the-eu-nature-restoration-regulation-into-effective-wetland-restoration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pathways for translating the EU Nature Restoration Regulation into effective wetland restoration | IUCN NL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_ecf86a222d3edf49ee1cf0edd3370ec8\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"smallteam-members__name12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n\t<div id=\"team-members-block_94f75e65425f6f2451fadbccb9cd1a01\" class=\"team-members team-members-block block\">\n\t\t<span class=\"anchor-id\" id=\"\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"team-members__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>More information? 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(2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/en\/publications\/2025\/06\/global-drought-outlook_28488e98\/full-report\/towards-a-drier-world_6f10e2e5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Drought Outlook &#8211; Trends, Impacts and Policies to Adapt to a Drier World<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_432253_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">The Guardian. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/17\/nasa-data-reveals-dramatic-rise-in-intensity-of-weather-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_432253_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">UN Water. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwater.org\/water-facts\/human-rights-water-and-sanitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human Rights to Water and Sanitation<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_432253_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Un Water. (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwater.org\/publications\/what-water-security-infographic#:~:text=The%20UN%20defines%20water%20security%20as%20the,Support%20livelihoods,%20human%20well-being,%20and%20socio-economic%20development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Water Security? Infographic<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_432253_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">IUCN NL.(2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/interweaving-waters-forests-and-communities-strategies-and-lessons-for-water-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report: Interweaving waters, forests, and communities \u2013 Strategies and lessons for water justice<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_432253_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_6');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_6\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">UNDP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/nature\/our-work-areas\/water-governance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water governance<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_432253_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_432253_1_7');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_432253_1_7\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">UNEP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/topics\/fresh-water\/water-resources-management\/integrated-water-resources-management#:~:text=Integrated%20water%20resources%20management%20(IWRM)%20is%20a,A%20social%20and%20economic%20good%20*%20Interdependent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Integrated water resources management<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_432253_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_432253_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_432253_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_432253_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_432253_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_432253_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_432253_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_432253_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_432253_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_432253_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_432253_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_432253_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_432253_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_432253_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water is life. 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