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German-Indian CONNECT CCRBF project activities on natural water treatment techniques

March 22 is World Water Day that celebrates water and raises awareness of people living without access to safe water. On this occasion, a brief report is given on the BMBF- CONNECT programme’s German-Indian network-project “CCRBF – Expansion of the Indo-German Competence Centre for Riverbank Filtration”.

Using riverbank filtration to ease water supply tensions in India

Using riverbank filtration for irrigation and drinking water abstraction can help ease the pressure on Indian aquifers. The CCRBF joint Indo-German research project investigates the necessary preconditions and advocates the large-scale use of riverbank filtration in India.

Innovative strategies for fair and sustainable use of biological resources in Colombia

Colombians have endured a long armed conflict. Today, Colombian society is redefining itself in many areas of life. The country’s abundant biological resources offer great potential for development. The German-Colombian collaborative project ColombiaCONNECT aims to establish a network that investigates and promotes the fair and sustainable use of different biological resources.

Electronic infectious disease surveillance in Sub-Saharan Africa

The ESIDA project involves an interdisciplinary research team that is developing an electronic health information and surveillance system to detect infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa at an early stage and contain the uncontrolled spread of diseases.

View of a new neighbourhood under construction in Hanoi Vietnam

Sustainable and resource efficient construction in Vietnam

The construction industry can reduce its high level of resource consumption and share of global carbon emissions by using and reusing bio based and recycled building materials. The research team behind the ReBuMat project wants to find out how this can be achieved in Vietnam.

False-colour image is a detail of a picture taken of southern Ukraine

Expanding the knowledge base of Earth observation to reduce world hunger

How can Earth observation data be used in practice? This is what the EO CONNECT project aims to share with people around the globe. Satellite images can help us gain a better understanding of what is happening on our planet. Earth observation makes it possible to predict disasters, monitor our climate and even fight world hunger.