Nelson Mandela, the great leader of Africa, left us with a legacy of love for freedom and equality. During my trip to South Africa in April 2011 to participate in a scientific workshop, I found a deep love of the nation for him. I learned how can abandon the formal power despite being at the peak of popularity. I learned how a nation can grow so that love him, and at the same time criticizing him. For his great legacy […]

World Water Day 2014 will address the nexus of water and energy and it will be coordinated by the United Nations University (UNU) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on behalf of UN-Water. Water and energy are closely interlinked and interdependent. Energy generation and transmission requires utilization of water resources, particularly for hydroelectric, nuclear, and thermal energy sources. Recent interest in biofuels also creates an incremental demand on water resources; the latest World Water Development Report (2012) predicts […]

A three day consultative meeting on the impact of drought on Kashaf-roud Basin’s stakeholders was held byKhorasan Razavi regional water authority with cooperation of UNESCO Cluster in Iran and consultant engineering Company, Toos Ab.  In the meeting which was started on October 2, the national and provincial authorities and a group of water users and experts on various issues related to Kashaf-roud disscussed and shared their experiences. Kahsaf-roud is one of the two pilots of G-WADI in Iran. Mr Samiee, […]