Boomer, Kathy, Sustainable Water Management, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, 401 9th Street NW, Suite 730, Washington, DC, 20004, kboomer@foundationfar.org; Worthington, Kay, CSIRO-US, San Mateo, CA 94404, kay.worthington@csiro.au; Anstee, Janet, AquaWatch CSIRO, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia, janet.anstee@csiro.au; Farrell, Zandria, AquaWatch CSIRO, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, zandria.farrell@csiro.au; Held, Alex, AquaWatch CSIRO, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, alex.held@csiro.au.
Despite decades of investment amounting to billions of dollars in restoring the Chesapeake Bay, risks to our water supplies and water quality have escalated under intensifying pressure from human activities and climate change. Further, it has become evident that shared sustainability goals—including soil health, biodiversity, climate resilience, and food security— depend on innovative approaches to water resource management. Yet, the adoption of advanced technical solutions, including nature-based solutions, precision irrigation, conservation drainage, and advanced crop systems, remains on less than 10% of our lands. A more holistic, systems-based approach to rivers and land management that actively engages the diverse communities connected to these systems is urgently needed to overcome our global challenges. To tackle this challenge, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and Australia’s National Science Agency (CSIRO) are honored to promote Two-Eyed Seeing workshops inspired by Albert Marshall and the Mi’kmaq Elders from Unama’ki, Nova Scotia. We welcome experts to explore tractable pathways to meaningfully integrating indigenous and contemporary scientific ways of knowing to advance informed decision-making in water resource management.
Two-Eyed Seeing, water management