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  South Africa’s drought preparedness in the water sector: too little too late?

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  South Africa experiences droughts on a regular basis, often associated with significant negative impacts on society and the economy. Droughts can be forecast, and South African climate scientists have been developing computer-generated models to forecast El Niño-induced droughts.
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  SaciWATERs / The South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies

  SaciWATERs, the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, is a policy research institute based in Hyderabad, India.
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  Women as agents of change in water: reflections on experiences from the field

  UN Women, 2015

  The Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) currently includes 26 women’s networks covering around 100 countries, predominantly in the developing world.
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  National report: Integrating management of watersheds and coastal areas

  Government of Grenada, 2001

  This paper provides an analysis of the current watershed, water resources and coastal zone management issues in Grenada pursuant to Grenada’s obligations on the Global Environment Facility approved Project entitled “Integrating Management of Watersheds and Coastal Areas in Small Island Watersheds and Coastal Areas in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean.
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  Valuation of forest resources in watershed areas: selected applications in makiling forest reserve

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999

  The valuation of resources found in the watershed area is important in assessing the impacts of changes in the watershed. While the change will have positive impacts which are short-term in nature, there are long-term environmental damages associated with economic benefits.
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  Sustainability and poverty alleviation: Confronting environmental threats in Sindh, Pakistan

  World Bank, 2015

  This book focus on the development challenges resulting from environmental health risks in Sindh, Pakistan. It highlights that, as well as the cost to human life and livelihoods, the economic costs are equivalent to 10 per cent of Sindh’s Gross Domestic Product, pointing out that climate change is likely to exacerbate these challenges.
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  Groundwater and ecosystem services: A framework for managing smallholder groundwater-dependent agrarian socio-ecologies – applying an ecosystem services and resilience approach

  International Water Management Institute, 2015

  This report outlines the Water, Land and Ecosystem (WLE) conceptual understanding of groundwater-dependent and groundwater-impacting ecosystem services and devises an approach to guide research and policy development related to agrarian socio-ecologies highly dependent on groundwater.
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  Improving the practice and policy of springshed management in India

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2015

  This case study focuses on the Arghyam’s ‘Springs Initiative’: an open platform for discussing the revival of water springs and an overarching template for springshed management in India.
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  Building better water governance in response to climate change and water stress: a case study of Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2015

  This paper presents the results and analysis of a study conducted in Lijiang of Yunnan Province, China in 2013.
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  Africa Capacity Indicators 2013: Capacity Development For Natural Resource Management

  African Capacity Building Foundation, 2013

  This report focuses on natural resource management in Africa and links this discussion with state fragility, agricultural transformation and food security.

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