Tag: stockholm water prize
2012-03-22 09:01 International Water Management Institute (IWMI) med huvudkontor i Colombo, Sri Lanka, har valts till pristagare av 2012 års Stockholm Water Prize. De får priset för sin banbrytande forskning som har bidragit till att förbättra vattenförvaltningen inom jordbruket, stärka tillgången till mat, skydda miljön och lindra fattigdomen i utvecklingsländer.
2011-08-25 15:22 Stockholm, Sweden (25 August 2011) – Stephen R. Carpenter, Professor of Zoology and Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, received today the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden for his groundbreaking research that showed how lake ecosystems are affected by the surrounding landscape and human activities.
2010-09-01 16:20 About 2,500 leading experts, practitioners, decision makers and business innovators will meet at the World Water Week in Stockholm, September 5-11, 2010, to discuss the world’s escalating water problems. The 2010 World Water Week press kit, containing story ideas, fact and lists of experts is now available.
2010-08-05 11:59 Mellan den 5 och 11 september kommer politiska ledare, internationella organisationer, företag och forskare från hela världen åter att samlas i Stockholm för att hitta gemensamma lösningar på internationella vatten- och utvecklingsfrågor. Pressregistreringen är nu öppen.
2010-03-22 12:03 Dr. Rita Colwell, distinguished Professor from the University of Maryland and John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health in the United States, has been named the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. Dr. Colwell’s pioneering research on the prevention of waterborne infectious diseases has helped protect the health and lives of millions.
2010-03-22 12:03 Dr Rita Colwell, framstående professor vid University of Maryland och Bloomberg School of Public Health vid John Hopkins University i USA, tilldelas 2010 års Stockholm Water Prize. Hennes banbrytande forskning om förebyggandet av vattenburna infektionssjukdomar har hjälpt till att skydda miljoner människors liv och hälsa.
2010-03-16 14:16 På FNs Världsvattendag, 22 mars, sätter vi vikten av rent vatten i fokus och bjuder in våra bästa internationella experter, forskare samt svenska riksdagspolitiker för att debattera rollen av rent vatten för global utveckling och titta närmre på vattenfrågornas prioritet i Sveriges utvecklingsarbete. Vi tillkännager även mottagaren av 2010 års Stockholm Water Prize.
2009-08-20 18:30 Assembeled experts from World Water Week call inadequate sanitation humanity's most urgent, yet solvable crisis. Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International, received the Stockholm Water Prize tonight at a Royal Ceremony for his wide-ranging work in the sanitation field to improve public health, advance social progress, and improve human rights in his home nation and other countries.
2009-08-20 11:07 Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation announces HELCOM as the winner of the 2009 Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award. HELCOM works to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea through intergovernmental co-operation between Denmark, Estonia, the EU, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden.
2009-03-25 11:00 Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak is awarded the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize for his pioneering work in low-cost sanitation that has brought dignity to millions of poor and socially deprived people on the subcontinent of India. Dr. Pathak is known around the world for his wide ranging work in the sanitation field to improve public health, advance social progress, and improve human rights.
