| Floods in Bangladesh; Delta's are highlighted in interview by Nature With the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta sinking, the race is on to protect millions of people from future flooding. This article mentions also the Bangladesh Delta Plan, and is quoting a number of scientists related to the Delta Alliance. Nature, Wednesday 9 April 2014 |
| Reactive versus anticipative adaptive management of Deltas; The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Rhine-Meuse Delta compared In this paper Californian Adaptive Management (AM) and Dutch Adaptive Delta Management (ADM) are compared. The concepts are introduced in a policy context to deal with prevailing types of uncertainty in water management in the Californian Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Dutch Rhine-Meuse Delta respectively. T.J. Vlieg and M. Zandvoort in Water Governance, Friday 17 January 2014 |
| Delta Alliance Newsletter (December 2013) In this issue you find news, publications and information on different topics, events, such as the progress review, the announcement of our new director, and new projects. Delta Alliance Secretary, Thursday 19 December 2013 |
| Two new Delta Alliance publications Delta Alliance has issued in 2013 two more key publications. Delta Alliance Secretary, Monday 16 December 2013 |
| Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar Following the 2008 flooding disaster there is a clear need for an assessment of vulnerability and resilience of the Ayeyarwady delta. Since it is unknown how much data would be available and whether the right experts could be found to contribute to the project a two phase approach was proposed. Delta Alliance Secretary, Friday 13 December 2013 |
| Action Platform for Source to Sea Management – Delta Alliance one of the founding fathers During 2013, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has engaged a range of actors working with freshwater, coastal and marine issues to explore the potential of establishing a more long-term collaboration platform and seek solutions to the challenges surrounding the governance and management of natural resources in the source to sea continuum. Delta Alliance is one of the founding fathers of the Action Platform for Source to Sea Management and is in good company of several international and UN organisations dealing with the issue. Delta Alliance Secretary, Tuesday 10 December 2013 |
| Strengthening the relations with the Wings In both the review process and the International Governing Board meeting it was concluded that the relation with the Wings should be strengthened and formalised through a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between each of the Wings and the International Foundation and Secretariat. Delta Alliance Secretary, Tuesday 3 December 2013 |
| With Delta Alliance Bangladesh Wing as a partnership to share knowledge, we can do more Delta Alliance Bangladesh Wing organized on 30th of November 2013 a well-attended workshop on ‘Knowledge Sharing for Delta Management in a Changing Climate'. About 70 people attended the workshop, while another 170 people followed the live streamed meeting through internet. Delta Alliance Secretary, Monday 2 December 2013 |
| Progress Review of the Delta Alliance After four years of support, the Knowledge for Climate program had organized in 2013 an external Progress Review of the Delta Alliance. Apart from assessing the progress till date the objective of the review was also to provide a ‘preview of the Delta Alliance beyond Knowledge for Climate program support’. Delta Alliance Secretary, Monday 2 December 2013 |
| Course: Managing risk and hazards in the face of natural disaster (March 31-April 11, 2014) Natural hazards are a well-known phenomenon to humankind. However, there are strong indicators to suggest that the frequency and intensity of climate-related natural hazards will continue to increase under the effect of global warming. Climate change impacts pose a real and considerable threat to communities living in hot-spots of vulnerability to extreme meteorological and hydrological events Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation, Thursday 28 November 2013 |
