Following the side event held under the same topic of Traditional Water Systems on 29 June 2018, the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) held an event on the topic Heritage of Water: Cultural Practices in Wetlands and World Heritage Sites.  An invited panel of international experts in the field of natural and cultural heritage discussed the vital role water plays in cultural practices in water-dependent communities.