The International Sediment Initiative is expected to add a new dimension to ongoing efforts aiming at sustainable sediment management, in the context of sustainable water resources development at global scale. Hence, its mission directly relates to the commitments of the international community expressed in major documents such as the Millennium Development Goals, the Rio Declaration of Sustainable Development, the World Water Assessment Programme, World Water Development Reports, etc. By its activity, the International Sediment Initiative aims to uphold the importance of sustainable sediment management within the context of the two United Nations decades which have set-up in 2005: the 'Water for Life Decade' and the 'Decade for Education for Sustainable Development'. With direct access to stakeholders represented in the IHP National Committees and the Intergovernmental Council, ISI should be viewed as a vehicle to advance sediment management at the global scale.

The 10th International Symposium on River Sedimentation was held in Moscow on August 1–4, 2007
The 10th International Symposium on River Sedimentation (10th ISRS) was successfully held in the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia on August 1 to 4, 2007. 237 participants from 30 countries and regions attended the important series technical event.  The International Symposia on River Sedimentation (ISRS) is a triennial event initiated in 1980, with ...