The International Water History Association, the Delft University of Technology and UNESCO-IHE have co-organized Water History Conference 2010 to take place 16-19 June 2010 in Delft, the Netherlands. During the conference, UNESCO-IHP will co-organize three sessions. In a double session on 17 June, Palestinian and Israeli researchers are presenting the intermediate research results of the joint project “Harnessing History to Understand the Current Israeli-Arab Water Landscape” of UNESCO-IHP and the Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization. “Harnessing History” conducts historical research to better understand the regional development of major water projects, water laws, and of the changes in the landscapes of Israel/Palestine due to irrigation. The project is financed by Funds-in-Trust of the Government of Italy and constitutes a contribution to the initiative . “Harnessing History” conducts historical research to better understand the regional development of major water projects, water laws, and of the changes in the landscapes of Israel/Palestine due to irrigation. The project is financed by Funds-in-Trust of the Government of Italy and constitutes a contribution to the initiative PCCP and to the UNESCO History of Water and Civilization. On 19 June, high level representatives of UNESCO and IWHA and the Editor-in-Chief Professor Fekri Hassan will be closing the conference with a session dedicated to the forthcoming book series History of Water and Civilization and an outlook towards the first volume, “Water History and Humanity”, which will be released by UNESCO Publishing later this year. Read Nore
