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Bridging Knowledge & Action: The Community Hydrology Approach (WELL Labs)

Bridging Knowledge & Action: The Community Hydrology Approach (WELL Labs)

by cfh_admin | Oct 29, 2025 | Publications

WELL Labs’ Community Hydrology programme demonstrates a simple but powerful idea: equip local people to collect the data that decision-makers actually need. Over the programme’s first training in Devadurga taluk, Raichur district, 35 participants learned to survey...
Addressing the Labour Barrier in the Transition to Crop Diversification (WELL Labs)

Addressing the Labour Barrier in the Transition to Crop Diversification (WELL Labs)

by cfh_admin | Oct 29, 2025 | Field Diaries, Publications, Research Methods

The “story of water” combines community maps, satellite imagery and novel e-PRA methods to reveal where recharge, reuse and extraction are concentrated. This piece outlines step-by-step mapping workflows and immediate opportunities for local planning. The report...
Rapid Groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally

Rapid Groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally

by cfh_admin | Oct 29, 2025 | Publications, Research Methods, Tools and Resources

Groundwater is the hidden backbone of water security in many drylands. The paper by Jasechko, Shamsudduha, Taylor and colleagues (2024) advances our understanding of groundwater behaviour, measurement challenges and the implications for policy and sustainable use....
Concerns on the Groundwater Earth System Boundary: Scientific Debate & Implications for Drylands

Concerns on the Groundwater Earth System Boundary: Scientific Debate & Implications for Drylands

by cfh_admin | Oct 29, 2025 | Policies, Publications, Research Methods, Tools and Resources

Groundwater is the largest accessible freshwater store on Earth and a lifeline for millions in tropical drylands. A proposal to define a global “groundwater Earth System Boundary” (ESB) aims to indicate when groundwater use risks planetary stability. But a recent...
Getting Better at Mapping the Story of Water in Tropical Drylands

Getting Better at Mapping the Story of Water in Tropical Drylands

by cfh_admin | Sep 25, 2025 | Publications

The “story of water” combines community maps, satellite imagery and novel e-PRA methods to reveal where recharge, reuse and extraction are concentrated. This piece outlines step-by-step mapping workflows and immediate opportunities for local planning. Visit...
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University of Sussex,
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Tanzania

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Niger

Direction Régionale de l’Hydraulique et de l’Assainissement (DRH/A Maradi)

Nigeria

Katsina State Ministry of Environment, Climate Change Directorate

Beyond these institutions, each T-Lab engages with a wide range of partners listed on their respective pages.