IAN and WWF name their partnership "Healthy Rivers for All"
![WWF and IAN staff at meeting at Horn Point Lab](https://ian.umces.edu/site/assets/files/13736/ian-and-wwf-name-their-partnership-healthy-rivers-for-all.600x0.png)
IAN and WWF release "Using indicators for improved water resources management: Guide for basin managers and practitioners"
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IAN starts a project on the Tuul River in Mongolia
![Bill Dennison, Simon Costanzo, Michele Thieme](https://ian.umces.edu/site/assets/files/13755/ian-starts-a-project-on-the-tuul-river-in-mongolia.600x0.png)
Practitioner's Guide to Developing Basin Report Cards
![The Practitioner's Guide to Developing Basin Report Cards as a hard cover book](https://ian.umces.edu/site/assets/files/13759/practitioners-guide-to-developing-basin-report-cards.600x0.png)
8th World Water Forum
![Participants of the World Water Forum](https://ian.umces.edu/site/assets/files/13800/8th-world-water-forum.600x0.png)
Kafue River Basin Report Card begun in Zambia
![Eleven people pose outside in Lusaka, Zambia.](https://ian.umces.edu/site/assets/files/13802/kafue-river-basin-report-card-begun-in-zambia.200x0.png)
Report Cards promoted at the GEF International Waters Conference, Marrakech, Morocco
![Graphic of a river flowing down from the mountains past a city and agricultural lands. The diagram also has a dotted line indicating a national boarder. Twelve icons of different people follow the perimeter of the diagram.](https://ian.umces.edu/site/assets/files/13851/report-cards-promoted-at-the-gef-international-waters-conference-marrakech-morocco.600x0.png)
Heath Kelsey was invited to The Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Conference (IWC9) to talk about how ecosystem health report cards could support transboundary water assessments. Together with Sarah Davidson (WWF), Maija Bertule (DHI), and Chris Cox (UNEP), we conducted a "clinic" on how report cards can support the GEF's Transboundary Diagnostic Assessments and Strategic Action Programmes, where water issues span national boundaries. We hosted a role-playing session, where the participants were diverse stakeholders in a fictitious river basin. Stakeholders then suggested indicators that relate to their interests. The game highlighted the benefits of a transdisciplinary process for these types of assessments, and the relationship between report cards and the GEF assessments.
Report card course
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The 2019 Healthy Rivers for All course is underway! 22 students from Africa, Mexico, and the Philippines are learning how to create ecosystem health report cards through a virtual, flipped-classroom approach. Bill, Heath, and Vanessa meet with students on line each week to review recorded lectures and engage through instructive activities.