wbb-fact-sheet-2020-1-db44e4db60197ad7.pdf

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has introduced the Water Beyond Boundaries (WBB) initiative to address gaps in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). WBB seeks to create a new agenda for sustainable water planning by focusing on tele-connections beyond the watershed, early integration of ecosystem needs, and multi-scale participatory approaches to address social inequalities.

• The Water Beyond Boundaries (WBB) initiative is designed to overcome the limitations of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), which the document states has not yet achieved sustainable water outcomes and can lead to conflict, the exclusion of critical users, or the ignoring of management gaps. WBB aims to address missing elements of scale, scope, and time within the IWRM framework.
• The WBB initiative is built upon three primary pillars: Water (Tele) Connections, which looks beyond the immediate watershed to resource flows and decision-making spheres; Early Ecosystem Consideration, which integrates ecosystem needs and processes into planning tools; and multi-interest, multi-scale participatory approaches to identify and address inequalities related to poverty, gender, and marginalized groups.
• WBB focuses on improving social equity by analyzing factors that limit water access for women and vulnerable groups, specifically examining inequalities in land ownership, water rights, and decision-making processes.
• The initiative is being tested through pilot studies in the Magdalena River Basin in Colombia and the Mekong in South East Asia, while also reflecting on previous work conducted in California, USA.
• The Mekong river watershed covers 795,000 square kilometres, provides food security for over 70 million people in the Indo-Burma region, and flows through China, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
• The Magdalena River Basin covers 250,000 square kilometres, representing nearly one-quarter of Colombia's national territory and supporting over 35 million people (70% of the national population). It is critical for Colombia's resources, containing three-quarters of the country's agricultural production.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). wbb-fact-sheet-2020-1-db44e4db60197ad7.pdf. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/wbb-fact-sheet-2020-1.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. wbb-fact-sheet-2020-1-db44e4db60197ad7.pdf. n.d. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/wbb-fact-sheet-2020-1.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendwbbfactsheet20201db44e4db60197ad7pdf, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{wbb-fact-sheet-2020-1-db44e4db60197ad7.pdf}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/wbb-fact-sheet-2020-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }