Download or read book Baseline review and ecosystem services assessment of the Tana River Basin Kenya written by Baker, Tracy and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘WISE-UP to climate’ project aims to demonstrate the value of natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. Within the Tana River Basin, both natural and built infrastructure provide livelihood benefits for people. Understanding the interrelationships between the two types of infrastructure is a prerequisite for sustainable water resources development and management. This is particularly true as pressures on water resources intensify and the impacts of climate change increase. This report provides an overview of the biophysical characteristics, ecosystem services and links to livelihoods within the basin.
Download or read book Baseline Review and Ecosystem Service Assessment of the Tana River Basin Kenya written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change written by McCartney, Matthew and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tana River Basin Kenya written by Hussain, Asghar and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Resources Assessment of the Volta River Basin written by Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of Hydro economic Models to Address River Basin Management Problems Structure Applications and Research Gaps written by Maksud Bekchanov and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multiple uses of small reservoirs in crop livestock agro ecosystems of the Volta River Basin with an emphasis on livestock management written by Ayantunde, A. A. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Assessment of Integrated Watershed Management in Ethiopia written by Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the Ethiopian government to restore natural resources and agricultural productivity across the country. This comparative study between six watershed programs shows that this approach increases farmers’ food security and incomes (around 50% on average), as well as their resilience to drought and other climate shocks. However, the study also confirms that the nature and scale of impact can vary significantly between watershed programs. The success of watershed management depends on multiple factors from the hydrological profile of the watershed to the local social and economic environment. Tailoring watershed interventions to the local context, associating conservation and livelihoods activities, and providing further financial and technical support to watershed committees are among the recommendations of this paper.
Download or read book Mapping irrigated areas in the Limpopo Province South Africa written by Cai, Xueliang and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the findings of a collaborative effort to map and assess irrigated areas in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The study was conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), as part of the DAFF-supported ‘Revitalization of irrigation in South Africa’ project. Based on a combination of Landsat and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data, previous irrigated area mapping exercises carried out by DAFF and three-field ground truthing (GT) surveys, a total of 1.6 million hectares (Mha) of cropland were identified, with 262,000 ha actually irrigated in the 2015 winter season. The study also found that only 29% of all land equipped with center pivots was actually irrigated.
Download or read book Agro climatic and hydrological characterization of selected watersheds in northern Ghana written by Kadyampakeni, Davie M. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province South Africa written by van Koppen, Barbara and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of 76 public smallholder irrigation schemes in the Limpopo Province was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa, and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), as part of the ‘Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation in South Africa’ project. About one-third of those schemes was fully utilized; one-third partially utilized; and one-third not utilized in the winter of 2015; however, no single socioeconomic, physical, agronomic and marketing variable could explain these differences in utilization. Sale, mostly for informal markets, appeared the most important goal. Dilapidated infrastructure was the most important constraint cited by the farmers. The study recommends ways to overcome the build-neglect-rebuild syndrome, and to learn lessons from informal irrigation, which covers an area three to four times as large as public irrigation schemes in the province.
Download or read book Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals written by Sood, Aditya and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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) expertise and previous research in this area to develop a new methodology to quantify EF at a global scale. EF are developed for grids (0.1 degree spatial resolution) for different levels of health (defined as environmental management classes [EMCs]) of river sections. Additionally, EF have been separated into surface water and groundwater components, which also helps in developing sustainable groundwater abstraction (SGWA) limits. An online tool has been developed to calculate EF and SGWA in any area of interest.
Download or read book Measuring Transboundary Water Cooperation written by Saruchera, D. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water cooperation has received prominent focus in the post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While proposals for measuring water cooperation appear to be converging toward a small set of indicators, the degree to which these proposed indicators draw on past work is unclear. This paper mines relevant past work to generate guidance for monitoring the proposed SDG target related to transboundary water cooperation. Potential measures of water cooperation were identified, filtered and applied in three countries (Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe). Six indicators were ultimately determined as being suitable for measuring water cooperation. As the SDG process turns its focus to the selection of indicators, the indicators proposed in this paper may merit consideration
Download or read book Methods to investigate the hydrology of the Himalayan springs written by Chinnasamy, Pennan and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 reveals that chemical and isotope analyses – mostly water dating and stable isotope (e.g., d18O) analyses – could be an appropriate entry point to commence field investigations, because of their potential to map complex spring pathways, including linkages between aquifers. This should be combined with the building of hydrogeological maps with the available data. Output from desktop analyses, field investigations and hydrogeological maps could then contribute to the establishment of a conceptual model, which could form the basis for a numerical model.
Download or read book The United Nations world water development report 2018 written by WWAP and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing and Managing Climate Change Related Risks to the Tana River Basin Kenya written by Rhosanna Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of Potential Buyers in a Payment for Ecosystem Services Scheme in the Mara River Basin Kenya and Tanzania written by S. A. Mendez Castillo and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
