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STOCKHOLM, March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Sandra Postel is awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2021 for her long and

outstanding work to make sense of complex water-related issues. As an author

and educator, she has made important contributions to the understanding of some

of the greatest challenges of our time and shown that we have the power to find

sustainable solutions.

Sandra Postel is a leading authority and prolific author and communicator on

international water issues. She has been hailed for her inspiring, innovative,

and practical approach to promoting the preservation and sustainable use of

freshwater. Throughout her career, Postel has tackled complex water problems in

her books, articles, and lectures, with an aim to make them comprehensible to a

wide audience.

On being awarded the prize, Postel said: "It is the honour of a lifetime and I

am incredibly grateful. Water is the basis of life – and it is finite.  

Figuring out how to meet humanity's needs for water while enabling freshwater

ecosystems to thrive is now an existential challenge, because those ecosystems

support the web of life to which humanity belongs.  We can all play a part in

rising to this challenge."  

In its citation, the Stockholm Water Prize Nominating Committee said: "Sandra

Postel is a world leading authority on water scarcity and one of the world's

greatest water communicators and educators. No one has exhibited more

commitment, capacity, courage, and perseverance to address far-ranging and

critical water issues. Her work has been instrumental in shifting both public

and professional awareness about the water crisis."

SIWI's Executive Director Torgny Holmgren commented: "Sandra Postel has made

invaluable contributions to our understanding of water, and thereby to our

ability to shape a sustainable future."

Sandra Postel directs the Global Water Policy Project. She has authored scores

of articles, as well as several ground-breaking books, including Replenish: The

Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity.  Her 1992 book, Last Oasis, appears in

eight languages. From 2009-2015, she served as Freshwater Fellow of the

National Geographic Society.

The Stockholm Water Prize is awarded by SIWI in cooperation with the Royal

Swedish Academy of Sciences and will be presented by the Swedish King H.M King

Carl XVI Gustaf on 25 August, during World Water Week.

For more information and photos: www.siwi.org/prizes

Contact:

Andreas Karlsson

Press Manager, SIWI

+46 720 50 60 04  

andreas.karlsson@siwi.org

Source: Stockholm International Water Institute