30 Years of Love for Groundwater: The Role of UNESCO in Striving for Water Security

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2014
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: WRRC Sol Resnick Conference Room (350 N. Campbell Ave.)

Speaker: Dr. Alice Aureli, Ph.D. (International Hydrological Programme, Chief Groundwater and Aquifer Systems Section, Coordinator Transboundary Aquifer Management Programme – ISARM, UNESCO — Division of Water Sources)

Alice is responsible for, amongst others, the International Shared Aquifers Resources Management (ISARM) programme. This role has led her to supervise the work of the interdisciplinary group that advised the UN International Law Commission to prepare the Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers. An important aspect of her work has been on scientific and policy-related issues surrounding groundwater governance.