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Agriculture accounts for most of the renewable freshwater resource withdrawals in Malawi, yet food insecurity and water scarcity remain as major challenges. Despite Malawi’s vast water resources, climate change, coupled with increasing population and urbanisation are contributing to increasing wa...


Nhamo, LuxonMabhaudhi, T.Magombeyi, Manuel S.[Improving water sustainability and food security through increased crop water productivity in Malawi]Improving water sustainability and food security through increased crop water productivity in Malawi

We explore the role of agriculture in destabilizing the Earth system at the planetary scale, through examining nine planetary boundaries, or “safe limits”: land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, biosphere integrity, climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone deple...


Campbell, Bruce M.Beare, Douglas J.Bennett, Elena M.Hall-Spencer, Jason M.Ingram, John S. I.Jaramillo, FernandoOrtiz, R.Ramankutty, NavinSayer, Jeffrey A.Shindell, Drew[Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries]Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries

Freshwater ecosystems are central to the global water cycle, in local generation of freshwater flows, and the healthy functioning and resilience of other ecosystems. Freshwater security depends on healthy ecosystems. Current human threats to freshwater ecosystems include rapid infrastructure deve...


Matthews, Nathaniel[People and fresh water ecosystems: pressures, responses and resilience]People and fresh water ecosystems: pressures, responses and resilience

Springs are the major source of freshwater in many small mountainous watersheds within the Himalayan region. In recent years, their flow rates have diminished, but the reasons for this are not self-evident, and hence this paper reviews the methods to investigate Himalayan springs. The review reve...


Chinnasamy, PennanPrathapar, Sanmugam A.[Methods to investigate the hydrology of the Himalayan springs: a review]Methods to investigate the hydrology of the Himalayan springs: a review

United Nations Environment Programme[Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability]Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

United Nations Environment Programme[Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change]Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change

United Nations Environment Programme[Sudan: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment]Sudan: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment

United Nations Environment Programme[Stratégie pour l’eau douce 2017-2021, Estrategia sobre el agua dulce 2017-2021][Freshwater Strategy 2017-2021]Freshwater Strategy 2017-2021

United Nations Environment Programme[Towards a Pollution-free Planet - Our Planet December 2017]Towards a Pollution-free Planet - Our Planet December 2017

United Nations Development Programme[Haïti - République dominicaine: Défis environnementaux dans la zone frontalière, Haití - República Dominicana: Desafíos ambientales en la zona fronteriza][Haiti - Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone ]Haiti - Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone 

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