There is ample evidence to suggest that Sri Lanka?s climate has already changed. However, the bigger question of national importance is what Sri Lanka?s climate will look like in 50 or 100 years and how prepared the country is to face such changes. This report reviews the status of climate change...
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Chandrapala, L.
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Fernando, K.
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[Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping]
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Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping
The study examines the global pattern and impacts of droughts through mapping several drought-related characteristics - either at a country level or at regular grid scales. It appears that arid and semi-arid areas also tend to have a higher probability of drought occurrence. It is illustrated tha...
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Gamage, M.S.D.Nilantha
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[Mapping drought patterns and impacts: a global perspective]
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Mapping drought patterns and impacts: a global perspective
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Chemin, Yann H.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Alankara, Ranjith
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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[Estimation of consumptive water use and vulnerability mapping of coffee: a global analysis. Project report submitted to Nestle Ltd. under the project "Global Consumptive Water Use of Coffee?.]
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Estimation of consumptive water use and vulnerability mapping of coffee: a global analysis. Project report submitted to Nestle Ltd. under the project "Global Consumptive Water Use of Coffee?.
Fleiner, R.
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Grace, Delia
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Pert, P.L.
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Bindraban, Prem S.
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Tharme, Rebecca E.
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Boelee, Eline
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Lloyd, G.J.
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Korsgaard, L.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Molden, David J.
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[Water use in agroecosystems]
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Water use in agroecosystems
Modern bioenergy systems are attracting increasing attention from governments in Asia as a potential solution to a range of policy problems related to energy security and sustainable development. Despite growing interest in bioenergy systems, there is still a limited understanding of how their ex...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Damen, B.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Soda, Wannipa
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Water and bioenergy a case study from the Thai ethanol sector.]
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Water and bioenergy a case study from the Thai ethanol sector.
As Sri Lankan water resources are being increasingly exploited, particularly for hydropower and irrigation, ecologists, water practitioners and policymakers alike are realizing the importance of protecting these resources and setting environmental sustainability thresholds. Environmental Flows (E...
Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Jinapala, K.
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[The Sri Lanka environmental flow calculator: a science-based tool to support sustainable national water management]
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The Sri Lanka environmental flow calculator: a science-based tool to support sustainable national water management
Well-targeted programs of conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water can help overcome the problem of both floods and droughts, or in other terms meet the water demands for domestic as well as irrigation needs during the dry season. Addressing this, a novel form of conjunctive use managemen...
Brindha, Karthikeyan
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Pavelic, Paul
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Lagudu, Surinaidu
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Novel conjunctive groundwater-surface water management for controlling floods and droughts [Abstract only]]
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Novel conjunctive groundwater-surface water management for controlling floods and droughts [Abstract only]
The paper describes a method and software package for desktop assessment of environmental flows - a hydrological regime designed to maintain a river in some agreed ecological condition. The method uses monthly flow data and is built around a flow duration curve, which ensures that elements of nat...
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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[Developing a software package for global desktop assessment of environmental flows]
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Developing a software package for global desktop assessment of environmental flows
Water allocation rules are put in place to ensure that various parties receive a portion of developed water supplies. Allocation of river water to cities, industries and agriculture has been a common practice but now there is an increasing recognition of the need to also allocate water for enviro...
Bharati, Luna
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Anand, B.K.
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[Environment flows: moving from concepts to application, a case study from India]
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Environment flows: moving from concepts to application, a case study from India
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Damen, B.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Soda, Wannipa
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Impacts of rising biofuel demand on local water resources: case studies in Thailand and Malaysia. [Report of the IWMI-FAO Bioenergy in Asia and the Pacific Project].]
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Impacts of rising biofuel demand on local water resources: case studies in Thailand and Malaysia. [Report of the IWMI-FAO Bioenergy in Asia and the Pacific Project].