Issue No.6, September 2001
Dear GIWA friends,
one being the Stockholm Water Price Award Ceremony when
A number of important events are taking place these days and
HM King Carl XVI Gustaf delivered the 2001 Water Prize to
in the near future. Recently I participated in the 11th Stockholm
Professor Takashi Asano.
Water Symposium. We in the GIWA Core Team congratulate
our colleagues in SIWI to a very successful symposium. Such
Sub-regional Focal Points and Work-
events provide an excellent opportunity to meet with friends
shops in Latin America
and colleagues to discuss and exchange opinions. UNEP
presented on this occasion their report on the Mesopotamian
wetlands. Documented with satellite remote images, it is shown
The following focal points in Latin America have been
a dramatic decrease in these wetlands over the past 20 years. By
established and had the workshops booked to be held during
all standards this is a dramatic environmental disaster. It further
August-October 2001:
demonstrated the important mission of GIWA to capture these
issues and establish a global holistic assessment of the
Sub-region 38: Patagonia Shelf: Mr Alberto Calcagno, MSc,
environmental status of the globes water bodies.
President of the Argentinean Institute of Water Resources-
IARH, Argentine. The Scoping/Scaling workshop was held in
Every week now there are GIWA workshops and meetings all
Buenos Aires, Argentine, 16-18 August, 2001.
over the globe. The GIWA General Assembly is soon to take
Sub-region 39: Brazil Current: Assoc. Prof. Marcia Marques,
place, mind the dates, October 9 to 11. The GIWA sub-regional
Department of Environmental Engineering, Rio de Janeiro State
focal points will meet to share their experiences and plan for the
University-UERJ, Brazil. The Scoping/Scaling Workshop will
future work. It is also an event where anybody interested in the
be held in Rio, 03-05 October, 2001.
GIWA, donors, stakeholders and representatives from other
Sub-region 40b: Amazon: Dr Ronaldo Barthem, Senior
water programs can learn the latest about GIWA and the
Researcher expert in Amazon aquatic biodiversity, Emilio Goeldi
assessment results. I would like to see you all in Kalmar.
Museum, Belém do Pará, Brazil. The Scoping/Scaling Workshop
will be held in Belém, 13-15 September, 2001.
In this newsletter you can also read about the connection
Sub-region 40a: Brazilian Northeast: Assoc. Prof. Irles
between IREX and GIWA. A special section is devoted to the
Mayorga, Natural Resources Economy of Semi-Arid in Brazil,
GIWA work in Latin America.
Department of Agriculture Economy, Federal University of Ceará,
Fortaleza, Brazil. The Scoping/Scaling workshop will be held in
Dag Daler, Acting Scientific Director GIWA
Fortaleza, Brazil, 17-19 September, 2001.
Sub-region 64 Humboldt Current and Sub-region 65 Eastern
Equatorial Pacific: Mr Ulises Munaylla, MSc Senior Advisor
for the Action Plan for Marine Protection from Land based
GIWA Featured at 2001 World
activities, Permanent Commission for South Pacific-CPPS, Quito,
Ecuador. The Scoping/Scaling workshop will be held in Quito,
Water Week in Stockholm
Ecuador 27-29 September, 2001.
The 2001 Stockholm Water Symposium from August 12-18 in
Stockholm attracted more than 1200 scientists, decision makers
and politicians from more than 123 countries who joined
discussions and workshops around the word's water situation
and challenges for achieving water security for the 21st century.
The aim and theme of this year's Symposium was "Water Security
for the 21st Century - Building Bridges Through Dialogue", which
indicates the main objective of identifying the different
competitors around water and creating a mutual understanding
as a basis for negotiations and political decisions on integrated
water resources management. GIWA presented itself during the
poster session and staff from GIWA took part in several of the
events during the Symposium. UNEP was represented with a
16-18 August, the Scoping/Scaling Workshop for Sub-region 38
poster and a press release from ED Klaus Töpfer on the problems
Patagonia Shelf was held in Buenos Aires under the coordination of
of the Mesopotamian mashlands.
the President of the Argentinean Institute of Water Resources-IARH,
Mr Alberto Calcagno, with the GIWA coordinator for Latin America,
There were a number of additional events during the week,
Prof. Marcia Marques, Rio de Janeiro State University-UERJ, Brazil.

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IREX connects with GIWA
Pollution Sources-RAPS" updated last year by GIWA to be
used as part of the GIWA methodology to assess point sources
The GIWA Black Sea & Caspian Sea team headed by Prof Felix
of pollution in drainage basins.
Stolberg has been awarded a grant from IREX for the project
"De-eutrophication strategy for the Black Sea and the Caspian
Sea Aquatic Ecosystems". This project will complement the
GIWA work in the region and is directed towards providing
recommendations to national and international programs and
institutions working in the area.
The work will be done in collaboration with the GIWA Core
Team and Prof Jim Perry, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and
Conservation Biology, University of Minesota.
IREX is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the
advancement of knowledge. Central to its missio is the
empowering of individuals and institutions to participate
From left to right: Jerker Jonasson, Prof Marcia Marques, Renato and
meaningfully in civil society. See the IREX Web site www.irex.org.
Fabio (Brazilian students in Environmental Engineering., trainees of
GIWA project) and Andreas Rehn. Rio de Janeiro State University-
UERJ.
GIWA staff update
We are welcoming our new staff members:
Mr.Ye Chun M.Sc., Environmental Engineer and Ecologist from
the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
(CRAES) in Beijing China, who will work at the GIWA co-
ordination office full-time with regional assessment work in China
Ms. Ĺse Allberg will be working at the GIWA project as an
information officer helping with the General Assembly
preparations.
Ms. Maria Carlson, student of Department of Environmental
Science at the University of Kalmar will work at the GIWA project
Prof Felix Stolberg (right) and Prof Jim Perry discusses the GIWA
part-time.
project with Joyce Warner, IREX Director for Research.
Brazilian - Swedish collaboration in
GIWA Events and Milestones
GIWA Sub-region 39, Brazil Current
Some Recent Focal Point Agreements
ˇ Gulf of Guinea (42)
Two Swedish students together with their professor, William
ˇ East African Rift Valley Lakes (47)
Hogland of the Environmental Engineering, Department of
Technology, University of Kalmar in Sweden received
Scaling and Scoping workshops have been held for
scholarships from the Swedish International Development
ˇ Coral Sea Basin (59), Great Barrier Reef (60),
Agency-SIDA to assist GIWA in the Brazil Current sub-region.
Townsville, 23-27 July
They will carry out a field study related to the project
"ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN A DENSILY
Scaling and Scoping workshops will be held for
POPULATED CATCHMENT AREA: GUANABARA BAY BASIN,
ˇ Sea of Okhotsk (30), Oyashio Current (31) and Sea of
RIO DE JANEIRO". Guanabara Bay Basin is located in Rio de
Japan (33) in Vladivostok 12-14 September
Janeiro State, part of Sub-region 38 and has about 4,000 km2, 8
ˇ East Bering Sea (28), West Bering Sea (29), Anchorage,
million inhabitants and 6,000 industries among them, 155 are the
20-21 September
most important regarding pollution potential. This work will be
an important input to the GIWA assessment in this sub-region
ˇ For workshops in Latinamerica, please see text
The Swedish students will be testing and calibrating the World
The first GIWA General Assembly, Kalmar, 9-11 October
Health Organization WHO Model "Rapid Assessment of
GIWA Co-ordination Office
Visit the GIWA web site: www.giwa.net
Global International Waters Assessment, GIWA
E-mail: info@giwa.net
SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
Telephone: +46 480 447353, Fax: +46 480 447355

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