Issue 19: September 2002

An international symposium to promote, develop and evaluate land management strategies that advance sustainable management of headwaters will be the first of a series of UN University contributions to International Year of Freshwater 2003.

The International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources, co-organised with Kenya's  United States International University, will be held in Nairobi September 5-8. Collaborating organisations include UNESCO-Nairobi, UN Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT), UN Environment Programme (UNEP),
International Association for Headwater Control (IAHC), International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), the World Association for Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC), as well as USIU and Kenyatta
University.\

Located in the highest and most remote regions of the watershed, headwaters are among the more important resources in any ecosystem. often serving as the primary source of freshwater.

Headwaters issues from all around the world will be discussed at the symposium which will also include a field trip to the Aberdare headwater sites in the Mt. Kenya region.

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