Failing municipal wastewater treatment works, pollution, systemic governance failure, and climate-related hazards and risks, are undermining global water security and the sustainability of freshwater ecosystems. These have compromised the health and integrity of freshwater ecosystems, leading to the loss of biodiversity, key ecosystem functions and services. To halt and potentially reverse this trajectory, we as humans must recognise the claim of other life forms to a fair share of water. At the same time, access to water whether for drinking, irrigation, or other development purposes, is contested across levels of society. In this lecture, I will discuss the ecological and social justice implications of pressing water-related challenges in contemporary human societies in the recent Anthropocene epoch, drawing on inter- and trans-disciplinary research approaches, practice, and scholarship. I will then propound practical and policy interventions for social-ecologically just water resource management. I will embed in discourse, my experiences, and lessons of successful implementation of water research projects over the past decade.
Below is the link to join the webinar online if you are unable to attend in person:
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