water resources
Within the framework of the collaboration between the Mountain Partnership and the Mountain Forum a stocktaking exercise has been carried out in the period 2007- 2008 by the African Mountain Forum (AMF) and the Mountain Forum Secretariat (MFS). This report gives the background for the exercise; it outlines the process and activities undertaken and specifies the results.
During the...
Sri Lanka has one of the oldest traditions of irrigation in the world, dating back as far back as 500 BC. It was around these ancient tank (water storage reservoir) irrigation systems that the economy and human settlements of early Sri Lankan society were organised into a “hydraulic civilization”. Unlike in the case of most ancient civilizations, which grew in fertile river valleys...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides that all Parties must formulate and implement national or regional programmes containing measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change (Art. 4.1.b). It lists specific domains in particular need of adaptation, namely coastal zones, water resources, agriculture, and areas affected by drought and...
This paper discusses the potential of developing compensation schemes in a socio-political context where upland farmers – mostly belonging to ethnic minority groups – tend to be considered a threat to the natural resource base rather than providers of environmental services. Based on data obtained from 371 farm households in the upstream communities and 151 farm households in the...
This report forms an overview of research conducted by the Centre for Land Use and Water Resources Research at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Free
University of Amsterdam, funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID).
The Forestry Research Programme of the UK Department for International Development has designed a...
Irrigation is, and will remain, the largest single user of water, but its share of world water consumption is projected to decline from 80 percent in 1995 to 72 percent in 2025 under the business-as-usual scenario (BAU). Economic expansion, population growth and urbanisation will drive demand in the non-irrigation sectors including domestic, industrial and livestock water demand, which will...
This article reports on a survey of ranch owners in high amenity areas in south western Montana that have experienced marked ownership change over the last two decades. Specifically, the authors focus on findings from a set of questions targeting water resource and riparian area management. After reviewing the results, it is considered how new owners may be managing water resources differently...
Most of the world’s 1.2 billion poor people, two thirds of whom are women, live in water-scarce countries and do not have access to safe and reliable supplies of water for productive and domestic uses. The bulk of these rural poor people are dependant on agriculture for their livelihoods and live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the regions which are also home to most of the world...
The Principles and guidelines here are full version of a comprehensive orientation paper: "Water 2015 - Policy Principles and Strategic Guidelines for Intergrated Water Resource Management - IWRM", which has been elaborated with broad participation of Coordination Offices, Thematic Divisions at the Head Office and external partners. It outlines SDC's focus with regard to water...
The Principles and guidelines are a short version of the more comprehensive orientation paper: "Water 2015 - Policy Principles and Strategic Guidelines for Intergrated Water Resource Management - IWRM", which has been elaborated with broad participation of Coordination Offices, Thematic Divisions at the Head Office and external partners. It outlines SDC's focus with regard to...
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