{"id":427133,"date":"2026-04-14T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=427133"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:00:09","slug":"interweaving-waters-forests-and-communities-strategies-and-lessons-for-water-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/interweaving-waters-forests-and-communities-strategies-and-lessons-for-water-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Interweaving waters, forests and communities: Strategies and lessons for water justice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As water flows, it interweaves forests, rivers, lakes, and wetlands with communities, livelihoods, lifeways, and more-than-human worlds. But too often, water dries, floods, is diverted, over-extracted and polluted,\u202fdisrupting\u202fand repatterning sensitive and intrinsic\u202fterritorial\u202finterconnections\u202fbetween water, nature, and humans.\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Header photo: Sumatra, Indonesa \u00a9 Stephanie Broekarts \/ IUCN NL<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Under the Forests for a Just Future<\/a> programme\u202fof the Green Livelihoods Alliance<\/a>\u202fand its predecessor, IUCN NL worked with partner\u202forganisations\u202facross multiple countries to promote sustainable and inclusive governance of tropical forests. In this process, manifold water\u202fchallenges and\u202fconcerns for\u202fwater justice\u202femerged\u202fas transversal theme.\u202f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Some key insights<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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