Water Management Curricula. Volume 1. Water Management Curricula Using Ecohydrology and Integrated Water Resources Management.

Abstract

This water education modular curricula is in line with UNESCO's mandate as part of the project incorporating new strategies in the framework of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) Phase VIII (2014-2021) focusing on "Water security: Responses to local, regional, and global challenges" to deeper understanding of the interfaces and interconnections between the water, energy and food nexus, which aims to further improve Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and to deeper understanding of their interfaces and interconnections. Through South-South cooperation developing countries could strengthen regional scientific collaboration particularly in Ecohydrology and IWRM through UNESCO Category 2 Water Centres such as The Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre for Southeast Asia and The Pacific, UNESCO Water Centre Category 2 (HTC KL) and Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE) in Asia Pacific and Regional centre for Integrated River Basin Management (RC-IRBM) in Africa focusing on LDCs and/or SIDS (ASPAC/Africa), contributing at least to five LDCs in Asia and Africa's water resources management development. This curricula will contribute to the development of a long term strategy for water resources management to achieve water security, in line with UNESCO Country Strategic Document Malaysia 2017-2020