water resources
The conservation, use and sustainable management of watershed resources in order to meet the demands of growing populations have been a high priority for many countries over the past several decades. In this respect, integrated watershed management through people’s participation has become widely accepted as the approach that ensures sound sustainable natural resources management and a...
This article reviews water issues in the Everest Region of Nepal. Climate change and tourism as two major aggravating water issues in this region are discussed and the need to address these issues is proposed. This paper analyses the previous studies concerned with specific water issues in the region. Initiatives in response to the management of water bodies in this region are also presented....
This newsletter contains 56 pages of global change science from mountain regions around the world, news from MRI's regional networks, meeting reports, interview and book review.
Content:
- MRI Interview: ACQWA: Assessing the Future of Water Resources in Vulnerable Mountain Regions;
- Science Peaks: A High Altitude Interdisciplinary Field...
About 70% of the population living in mountainous regions of Uttarakhand State mostly depend on agriculture for their livelihood, but various climatic, geographical and socio-economic constraints have led to a dismal low agricultural productivity in the region. Agriculture is largely (about 90 %) rainfed. Farmers generally face severe soil-moisture stress at the germination stage; long dry-...
The ‘people’s war’ waged by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (February 1996-April 2006) and the people’s movement of April 6-24, 2006 not only seriously questioned the relevance of the nearly 400 year-old royal dynasty, but it also paved the way for a fundamental socio-political transformation of the country. The April movement was a collective effort of the...
Water as a result of snow and glacier melt is an important resource in the Central Andes of Chile and Argentina, which in terms of precipitation are close to climatic deserts, yet they support large populations and a rich agriculture. In spite of this, little is known of the processes at play and the variability over time. In particular, the specific mechanisms of energy balance and melt on...
This research report captures the trends of key drivers of India's water demand in the recent past, and assess their implications on future water demand and ultimately on water resources. Water demand of irrigation, domestic and industrial sectors is modeled for the years 2025 and 2050.
Projections on water and food demand and supply are made as follows:
In September-October 2006 a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the AHI Benchmarksite in Lushoto, the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) – Selian in Arusha, the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) – Mlingano, Tanga, the Association for Land use Environmental care Research and Technology Transfer (ALERT) in Tanga, the Tanzania Forest Research Institute (TAFORI) in...
This book is about the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management in Asia. It provides an exploration of the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment and natural resource management, especially where gender is understood as a political, negotiated and contested element of social relationships....
This report presents a conceptual framework that can be used by stakeholders concerned by the development and management of shared freshwater resources. The objective is to promote the sustainable and equitable use of transboundary water resources, and to clarify trade-offs relating to development. The report outlines a concept for analysing potential benefits in a transboundary river basin to...
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