The need for enhanced environmental planning and management for highland aquatic resources is described and a rationale for integrated action planning is presented. Past action planning initiatives for biodiversity conservation and wetland management are reviewed. A re ective account is given of ...
Bunting, S.W.
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Luo, S.
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Cai, K.
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Kundu, N.
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Lund, S.
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Mishra, R.
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Ray, D.
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Smith, K.G.
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Sugden, Fraser
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[Integrated action planning for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of highland aquatic resources: evaluating outcomes for the Beijiang River, China]
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Integrated action planning for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of highland aquatic resources: evaluating outcomes for the Beijiang River, China
Environmental flows (EF) are an important component of Goal 6 (the ‘water goal’) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, many countries still do not have well-defined criteria on how to define EF. In this study, we bring together the International Water Management Institute’s (IWMI’s) e...
Sood, Aditya
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Villholth, Karen G.
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Liyanage, Nirosha
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Wada, Y.
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Ebrahim, Girma Yimer
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Dickens, Chris
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[Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals]
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Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communi...
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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[River deltas: scaling up community-driven approaches to sustainable intensification]
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River deltas: scaling up community-driven approaches to sustainable intensification
Thanks to the large number of satellites, the multimission approach is becoming a viable method to integrate measurements and intensify the number of samples in space and time for monitoring the earth system. In this paper, we merged data from different satellite missions, optical sensors, and al...
Tarpanelli, A.
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Santi, E.
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Tourian, M.J.
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Filippucci, P.
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Brocca, L.
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[Daily river discharge estimates by merging satellite optical sensors and radar altimetry through artificial neural network]
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Daily river discharge estimates by merging satellite optical sensors and radar altimetry through artificial neural network
Diarrhoea caused by waterborne pathogens still has a large burden of disease. We introduce a modelling and scenario analysis framework that enables better understanding of sources of and possible future changes in the disease burden due to environmental change and management implementation. The s...
Hofstra, N.
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Vermeulen, L.C.
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Derx, J.
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Florke, M.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier
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Rose, J.
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Medema, G.
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[Priorities for developing a modelling and scenario analysis framework for waterborne pathogen concentrations in rivers worldwide and consequent burden of disease]
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Priorities for developing a modelling and scenario analysis framework for waterborne pathogen concentrations in rivers worldwide and consequent burden of disease
The Nile Delta and its 2.27 million ha of irrigated land makes up two thirds of Egypt’s agricultural land. It is also the terminal part of a river basin that spans and feeds 11 countries. Increases in dam and irrigation development in upstream parts of the basin is poised to conflict with agricul...
Molle, Francois
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Gaafar, I.
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El-Agha, Doaa E.
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Rap, Edwin
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[The Nile Delta’s water and salt balances and implications for management]
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The Nile Delta’s water and salt balances and implications for management
This report builds on prior work to provide a new, comprehensive, and balanced view of water security in Pakistan, stressing the importance of the diverse social, environmental, and economic outcomes from water. The report highlights the complex water issues that Pakistan must tackle to improve w...
Young, W.J.
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Anwar, Arif
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Bhatti, Tousif
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Borgomeo, Edoardo
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Davies, S.
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Garthwaite, W.R.
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Gilmont, M.
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Leb, C.
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Lytton, L.
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Makin, Ian
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Saeed, B.
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[Pakistan: getting more from water]
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Pakistan: getting more from water
Barker, D.H.
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Watson, A.J.
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Sombatpanit, S.
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Northcutt, B.
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Maglinao, Amado R.
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Ang, T.M.
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[Ground and water bioengineering for erosion control and slope stabilization]
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Ground and water bioengineering for erosion control and slope stabilization
Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China covering 3800 km2 during the summer wet season. It drains into the Changjiang (Yangtze River) at its northern end through a narrow outlet. During the last half of the twentieth century (1949–1999) average annual maximum stage and number of sever...
Shankman, D.
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Davis, L.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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[River management, landuse change, and future flood risk in China's Poyang Lake region]
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River management, landuse change, and future flood risk in China's Poyang Lake region
While in the international literature water sharing in the Syr Darya Basin per past agreements is widely portrayed as most benefiting Uzbekistan, here the dynamics of water allocation within small transboundary tributaries in Ferghana Province show Uzbekistan as benefiting least. The case study h...
Wegerich, Kai
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Soliev, I.
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Akramova, Indira
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[Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province]
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Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province