IW: LEARN

Welcome to the Groundwater and Conjunctive Water Management Hub

Recognizing the importance of groundwater resources and their joint management with surface water and other resources for transboundary water security, this hub gathers and enables exchanges of knowledge and practices within and outside the GEF International Waters (IW) portfolio to enhance IW project effective action towards a comprehensive integration of all water resources.

Conjunctive Water Management is an approach to water resources management in which surface water, groundwater and other components of the water cycle are considered as one single resource, and therefore are managed in closest possible coordination, in order to maximize overall benefits from water and to minimize its potential harmful impacts, both at the short and at the long term.

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Resources (GEF IW Projects and Partners)

Map of Transboundary Aquifers

Map of Transboundary Aquifers
Ninth edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR 2022)

Ninth edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR 2022)
Conjunctive Water Management: A powerful contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

Conjunctive Water Management: A powerful contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
IGRAC Groundwater Catalogue

IGRAC Groundwater Catalogue

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Ongoing GEF Conjunctive Water Management projects worldwide

IWRM Puyango-Tumbes, Catamayo-Chira and Zarumilla

IWRM Puyango-Tumbes, Catamayo-Chira and Zarumilla
Sustainable Groundwater Management In SADC Member States Project Phase 2

Sustainable Groundwater Management In SADC Member States Project Phase 2
Improving IWRM, Knowledge-based Management and Governance of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudeni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System (NB-ITTAS)

Improving IWRM, Knowledge-based Management and Governance of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudeni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System (NB-ITTAS)
Mediterranean Coastal Zones Climate Resilience Water Security and Habitat Protection

Mediterranean Coastal Zones Climate Resilience Water Security and Habitat Protection
Enhancing Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater Resources in Selected Transboundary Aquifers: Case Study for Selected Shared Groundwater Bodies in the Nile Basin

Enhancing Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater Resources in Selected Transboundary Aquifers: Case Study for Selected Shared Groundwater Bodies in the Nile Basin

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Partners

The Groundwater and Conjunctive Water Management Hub is supported by the GEF IW:LEARN and offers a platform for capturing knowledge and building capacity for practitioners on transboundary waters management.
Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Global Environment Facility (GEF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)