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September 2017
New publication by Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddendorf: Spatio-Temporal Effects of River Regulation on Habitat Quality for Atlantic Salmon Fry
Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddendorf has just had a paper published in the Ecological Inidicators journal, entitled: Spatio-Temporal Effects of River Regulation on Habitat Quality for Atlantic Salmon Fry. This paper demonstrates value of developing process based understanding of flow regime effects, that flow regulation effect on salmon fry habitat quality is spatio-temporally complex, that flow rules need to consider seasonal flow preferences of conservation species and that caution is needed when using discharge variability as habitat quality indicator. This publication is available to view on-line
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July 2017
First Hydro Nation Scholar Concludes Studies
Christopher Schulz, a PhD candidate in Geography at the University of Edinburgh, the James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh, recently became the first scholar of the Hydro Nation Scholars Programme to finish his studies.
June 2017
Hydro Nation Scholars profiles
Read more about our Hydro Nation Scholars, their PhD topics and their knowledge exchange outputs by visiting our scholars’ page, which also contain links to papers and poster presentations.
May 2017
New publication by Hydro Nation Scholar, Robert Šakić Troglić: Taking Stock of Community-Based Flood Risk Management in Malawi: Different Stakeholders, Different Perspectives
Hydro Nation Scholar, Robert Šakić Troglić has just had a paper published in the Environmental Hazards journal, entitled: Taking Stock of Community–Based Flood Risk Management in Malawai: Different Stakeholders, Different Perspectives. This paper investigates the realities and challenges of CB-FRM as seen through a lens of different stakeholders. This publication is available to view on-line.
New publication by Hydro Nation Scholar, Maricela Blair: Micro- and Nanoplastic Pollution of Freshwater and Wastewater Treatment Systems
Hydro Nation Scholar, Maricela Blair has just had a paper published in the Analytical Student Review, entitled: Micro- and Nanoplastic Pollution of Freshwater and Waste Water Treatment Systems. This paper with co-authorship from various academic institutions outlines how micro- and nanoplastic fragments originating from primary or secondary sources are contaminants of emerging concern. This publication is available for free download.
New publication by Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddendorf: Metrics to Assess How Longitudinal Channel Network Connectivity and In-Stream Atlantic Salmon Habitats Are Impacted by Hydropower Regulation
Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddendorf has just had a paper published in the Hydrological Processes journal, entitled: Metrics to Assess How Longitudinal Channel Network Connectivity and In-Stream Atlantic Salmon Habitats Are Impacted by Hydropower Regulation. This paper with co-authorship form various academic institutions which investigates the use of connectivity metrics and weightings to assess the impact or river barriers (impoundments) associated with hydropower regulation on natural longitudinal channel connectivity for Atlantic Salmon. This publication is available for free download.
April 2017
New publication by Hydro Nation Scholar, Robert Šakić Trogrlić: Science and Technology Networks: A Helping Hand to Boost Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030?
Hydro Nation Scholar, Robert Šakić Trogrlić has just had a paper published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, entitled: "Science and Technology Networks: A Helping Hand to Boost Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030?. This paper with co-authorship from various academic institutions underlines the importance of Science and Technology (S&T) and S&T networks for effective disaster risk reduction. The publication is available for free download.
March 2017
New publication by Hydro Nation Scholar, Christopher Schulz: 'Applying a 'Value Landscapes Approach' to Conflicts in Water Governance: The Case of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway'
Hydro Nation scholar Christopher Schulz just published a paper in Ecological Economics, entitled: "Applying a 'Value Landscapes Approach' to Conflicts in Water Governance: The Case of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway". This paper, with co-authorship of his supervisory team of Julia Martin-Ortega, Antonio Ioris, and Klaus Glenk, is an application of Christopher's own theoretical framework on the role of values in water governance, that was published earlier this year in the same journal. Based on interviews conducted with members of the water sector in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, the paper explains how the decades-old conflict around the construction of a waterway through the Brazilian Pantanal wetland can be interpreted as a clash of different values. The publication is available for download for free until 14th May 2017.
January 2017
Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddenborf's EGU General Assembly 2016 conference report published New publication by Hydro Nation Scholar, Christopher Schulz: 'The Value Base of Water Governance: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective'
Hydro Nation Scholar, Christopher Schulz, together with his supervisory team, recently published his first article in Ecological Economics entitled "The Value Base of Water Governance: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective". This conceptual paper looks at different theoretical approaches towards environmental values, integrates them into a new conceptual framework and explains how this framework can be applied for empirical research on values and water governance. It also serves as a theoretical base for Christopher's own PhD research. The publication is available for download
December 2016
Hydro Nation Scholar, Yuan Li wins poster competition at the RSC Water Framework Directive Priority Substances conference
Congratulations to Yuan Li for winning the poster competition at November's Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) 'Water Framework Directive Priority Substances – where should we control them?' conference, with her contribution 'Optimising the removal of steroid hormones and Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) from aqueous media using low cost biosorbents.' This conference was the third in a series and aimed to bring together leading EU and UK experts in the field of Priority Substances listed in Annex X of the Water Framework Directive. The event discussed issues associated with Priority Substance compliance, where they come from, and where best to control them. An article related to Yuan Li's work will appear in an RSC journal and RSC newsletter.
November 2016
Hydro Nation Scholar Scholar, Bas Buddendorf to present at the AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco 12th-16th December 2016
Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddendorf will be attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting in San Francisco in December. Bas will be giving a talk titled 'Spatio-Temporal Effects Of River Regulation On Habitat Suitability For Juvenile Atlantic Salmon: Implications For Ecosystem Functioning.' His study focussed on the River Lyon, a tributary of the Tay, Scotland's largest river. Bas investigated the effects of different types of river regulation (hydropeaking, compensation flow and near-natural) on the hydraulic characteristics of downstream river reaches and inferred the consequences for juvenile salmon using hydraulic habitat suitability models. This work improves understanding of the effects of regulation on biophysical processes and may be useful in managing trade-offs between management, restoration, and societal benefits.
October 2016
Hydro Nation Scholar Welcome event Autumn 2016
In 2016, we will welcome a further five scholars to the growing Hydro Nation Scholars Programme. The Hydro Nation staff team and current scholars look forward to welcoming them to the programme at a welcome event in Autumn 2016 and supporting them in the commencement of their PhD studies.
HABITAT III -the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development
Hydro Nation Scholar, Robert Sakic Trogrlic attended HABITAT III - the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, where UN member state will establish global commitment to sustainable urbanisation through a global agreement – the New Urban Agenda.
Robert was invited by the HABITAT III Secretariat to be a speaker for the Children and Youth Roundtable, representing Water Youth Network. He was also in charge of organising and facilitating a session entitled The role of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation for building urban resilience, organised jointly by Water Youth Netwrok, United Nations Major Group for Chilren and Youth and TERI- The Energy and Resources Institute. This is part of Science, Technology and Innovation Stream of the Children and Youth Forum, which was held on October 15th.
Robert also had a role in supporting (along with Water Youth Network) the HABITAT III youth representative of the Netherlands and Dutch Government in organising a youth competition called Youth for Sustainable Urban Deltas, the winner of which will get a chance to present at COP22 in November 2016.
Hydro Nation Scholar, Nazli's blog 'Coastal freshwater aquifer joins the sea'
Nazli Koseoglu's blog 'Coastal freshwater aquifer joins the sea' is now available on the Life Plus 2 meters website. The Life Plus 2 Meters project is designed to help people think about and prepare for adapting to climate change. It is a non-commercial, crowdsourced project which allows authors to offer their vision of a climate-changed world where sea levels have risen by 2 m, 'extreme' weather is routine, and people must adapt to complex changes in environmental, social, political and economic conditions. Authors' visions are published as blogs for discussion and debate, and in 2017 a selection of posts will be collated for a book, Life Plus 2 meters.
September 2016
Hydro Nation Scottish-Indian Entrepreneurship Programme 2016-2017
In the run up to the launch of the Scottish Government's Hydro Nation Entrepreneurs Programme, a number of the Hydro Nation Scholars have met with programme organiser Adam Purvis, Power of Youth to give their thoughts on meeting the needs of the global water sector and engaging with entrepreneurs in Scotland and India. A number of scholars will also attend the Hydro Nation Entrepreneurs Summit in Edinburgh in September 2016.
August 2016
RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 30th August to 2nd September 2016
Hydro Nation Scholar, Christopher Schulz will be presenting at the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographic Society. The theme for the 2016 Annual Conference is nexus thinking, an approach that has attracted a surge of interest in the last five years among academics, policy-makers and third sector organizations. The aim of nexus thinking is to address the interdependencies, tensions and trade-offs between different environmental and social domains. Christopher’s talk, titled ‘Valuing Water in Mato Grosso, Brazil’, will discuss how water is valued by the local population culturally, the use of water in the state’s main economic activities and its wider role in sustaining the biggest wetland in the world, the Pantanal, and associated challenges and conflicts over water governance, pollution and investment in domestic water supply and sanitation.
Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddenborf's EGU General Assembly 2016 conference report published
Hydro Nation Scholar, Bas Buddendorf's conference report for the EGU General Assembly 2016 has been published in the BHS newsletter 'Circulation' No. 130, after Bas received a travel grant to attend the conference. His conference report is available to download.
Forthcoming Hydro Nation Scholar publication in Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law
Ruby Moynihan's paper titled 'International law on protection of transboundary freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity' will soon be available in J Razzaque and E Morgera Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law (Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law, forthcoming August 2016).
July 2016
Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshop in Brasilia, Brazil, 20-24th July 2016
Hydro Nation Scholar, Christopher Schulz is participating in a Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshop in Brazil on ‘Climate and Landscape Change in the Pantanal: assessing environmental vulnerabilities and future water security in Brazil's wetland wilderness.’ The aim of the event is to exchange ideas between British and Brazilian researchers with an interest in the Pantanal wetland and is open to early career researchers.
1st Portuguese-Brazilian Symposium on Models and Practices of Sustainability, Lisbon, 11th July 2016
Christopher Schulz presented his research on values and water governance in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, at the "1° Simpósio Luso-Brasileiro sobre Modelos e Práticas de Sustentabilidade" to an audience of Portuguese and Brazilian researchers. The symposium was a Portuguese-language pre-event to the 22nd International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (13-15 July).