Purpose | Vision | Research | Education

An overview of the Center’s ongoing research activities are as follows:

 

·         A Regional Framework for the Development, Management and Sustainable Use of the Water Resources of the Rio Bravo Drainage Basin  – Being done in cooperation with the universities comprising the Texas State University System, this project focuses on the development of an integrated water resources management framework for the Rio Grande. It will serve as a basis for the subsequent development of a Transboundary Diagnostic Framework (TDA) for the international Rio Grande basin, to be done in cooperation with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and Global Environment Facility (GEF).

 

·         Evaluation of the Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS/Water) –  This project was undertaken at the request of UNEP, and focuses on a critical evaluation of the effectiveness of GEMS/Water, the only global-scale water quality monitoring program.

 

·         Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme  –  Being conducted in cooperation with UNEP, with the objective of developing methodologies for conducting a global-scale assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwater basins, large marine ecosystems, and the open ocean for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and to catalyze a partnership and arrangements for making such a global assessment.

 

·         Integrated Lake Basin Management – Being done in cooperation with the International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC), this project focuses on development of a comprehensive, ecosystem-based approach for managing lakes and reservoir basins for sustainable use. It considers both the scientific/technical and socio-economic aspects of integrated water resources management (IWRM) as applied to lakes and reservoirs, utilizing the experiences from management interventions from case studies around the world in developing this approach.