World Water Week 2012 – Seminar Proposal
Water and livestock – green and blue trade-offs and synergies
• Short description of the seminar, including objectives and expected outcomes:
Livestock production has the largest anthropogenic water and land use, with a consumptive
water use twice as large as for food crops and one third of the global land surface
appropriated for feed production and pastures. The sector provides livelihoods for 1 billion
people and generates 40% of global agricultural GDP.
This seminar, with a traditional set up with presentations and panel discussions, addresses
the linkages between livestock and blue and green water resources. In an increasingly
resource limited world, production of animal foods can pose a threat to overall food
security. However, the possibility to utilize also non-edible biomass from agricultural lands in
animal production can increase the over-all resource and water use efficiency.
The seminar will:
 Reveal the inherent complexity in livestock production in relation to water, e.g.
linkages between animal types, production systems, and feed sources.
 Present and discuss the magnitude and difference of consumptive water use, i.e.
water efficiency of animal products in the food supply chain.
 Show synergies and trade-offs between livestock production and food crops.
 Emphasize the linkages between water related ecosystem services and livestock.
Outcome: Increased understanding of the linkages between production of animal foods,
water and food security.
• Seminar summary for use in promotion material:
Expanding livestock production is a major human water use, appropriating twice as much
water as cultivation of food crops. This seminar will reveal the complex linkages between
water resource use and production of animal foods. Trade-offs and synergies to vegetarian
food production and food security will be emphasized.
• Target audience and key messages of the event:
By addressing livestock and animal foods we believe our seminar will fill a major gap in the
WWW program. The seminar will attract participants belonging to fields related to food
consumption trends, ecosystem services, water resource management, and bioresources
trade-offs, and will interest policy makers, researchers, and water professionals.
The seminar will highlight the importance of animal foods for both food security and water
resources use. A key message from revealing the complexity of water use in livestock
production is the many options to improve water use for animal foods, livelihoods and food
security.
• Leading Convening Organisation
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi-HQ, Kenya
• Co-convening Organisations
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm-HQ, Sweden
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) at Stockholm University, Sweden
Global Change Institute (GCI) at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Side event Proposal Information
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Event Type:
Seminar
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Side Event
Proposed Event Title:
Maximum 10 words.
Event Theme:
The link between food waste, consumption patterns and water
Water efficiency of the food supply chain
Gender aspects on food security and water
Land and water acquisition
Financial instruments for food security and water resource use
Climate change
Communications and advocacy
Conflict resolution and transboundary waters
Economy
Ecosystems
Governance
Private Sector
Social impacts and the rights perspective
Sanitation and health
Urbanisation
Water resource management
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Other
Leading Convening Organisation:
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Short description of the seminar, including objectives and expected outcomes:
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100-200 words.
Seminar summary for use in promotion material:
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Maximum 50 words.
Target audience and key messages of the event:
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Maximum 100 words.
Do you envisage inviting Ministers or other government officials to your event?
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Expected attendance at your event:
Under 100
150-200
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more than 200
Preferred room setup:
Standard theatre seating (presentations and panel discussions)
Roundtable seating (group discussions)
Mergers
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In order to ensure a diverse and dynamic programme for the World Water Week participants
in terms of topics, geographic regions, convenors, and formats, SIWI may suggest a merger
between similar or complimentary event proposals. In SIWI’s experience, merged proposals
often lead to great seminars and lasting partnerships. Convenors of proposed mergers will be
contacted by SIWI to discuss the suggestion.
Are you willing to have your proposal merged?
Yes
No
Exhibition
Seminar convenors are given first priority to an exhibition space for the entire week. If you
are interested in having an exhibition booth, more information on exhibition, including fees,
will be sent to you in March 2012.
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Are you interested in an exhibition space at the World Water Week 2012?
Yes
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I have read and understood the Seminar Convenor Conditions.
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Instructions SIWI
Information for Convenors
Event Proposals: Guidelines and Information
Proposals are welcome from organisations who wish to host a seminar or a side-event at the
2012 World Water Week. By hosting an event, organisations can engage a wide range of
stakeholders in discussions and debate around a specific issue of their choice. SIWI encourages
convenors to collaborate with other organisations as co-conveners in order to facilitate
partnerships and allowing for a diversity of perspectives.
What are seminars and side events?
Seminars and side events at the World Water Week are sessions where the content, format and
programme is developed by the convening organisation(s). Seminars have a duration of three
hours which allows for significant interaction and deep and wide exploration of an issue.
Seminars run in parallel with workshops, other seminars and closed meetings. A side event is a
one hour session at lunch time and in the late afternoon which is suitable for presenting an issue,
a perspective, a report or a solution.
Thematic focuses of seminars and side events
In line with the thematic focus of the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm on Water and Food
Security, SIWI especially welcomes proposals on issues that relate to food security and water
that are not covered by the workshops:
 The link between food waste, consumption patterns and water
 Water efficiency of the food supply chain
 Gender aspects on food security and water
 Land and water acquisition
 Financial instruments for food security and water resource use.
In addition, SIWI welcomes proposals that explore other aspects of water and development such
as:
 Climate change
 Communications and advocacy
 Conflict resolution and transboundary waters
 Economy
 Ecosystems
 Governance
 Private Sector
 Social impacts and the rights perspective
 Sanitation and health
 Urbanisation
 Water resource management
Selection criteria
SIWI will determine the programme based on a review of the proposals submitted by all
convenors. When evaluating the proposals, the following criteria will be used:
 New thinking, findings or approaches: the extent to which the event focuses on relevant
topics of debate and generate new ideas and solutions,
 Cross sectoral diversity: how the event promotes diversity of interests and organisational
types in the programme, including stakeholder groups, research institutes, government
agencies, non-government organisations, donors, business, and others,
 Outputs and impact: how the outputs of the event improve the understanding, policy and
practice of water management and sustainable development around the world and
 Programme format: the extent to which the event facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue
and encourages open discussion involving stakeholders with potentially conflicting views.
In order to ensure a diverse and dynamic programme for the World Water Week in terms of
topics, geographic regions, convenors, and formats, SIWI may suggest a merger between similar
or complementary event proposals.