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Climate change impacts on East Africa: a review of scientific literature
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006This report highlights some of the major impacts of climate change on conservation for East African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It also illustrates that climate change in Africa is not only a conservation issue but also a socio-economic one that must be dealt with on a global scale.OrganisationSahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
OSS aims to provide a platform for partnership between countries and organisations in the North and South to combat desertification and poverty in Africa.OrganisationInstitute of Water and Environment (IWE)
Based at Cranfields University, the institute provides practical and cost effective solutions to the challenges of water management for users, consumers and the environment within the context of sustaDocumentWorld’s top 10 rivers at risk
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2007This report illustrates how the world’s great river basins are fast dying as a result of over-extraction, dams and infrastructure development, invasive species, climate change, over-fishing, and pollution.OrganisationIDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)
Established in 1993 as a branch of the IDRC, EEPSEA supports training and research in environmental & resource economics.OrganisationWinrock International India, New Delhi (WII)
Winrock International India (WII) is a non-profit organisation working in the areas of sustainable natural resource management, clean energy and climate change.The four major areas of research andOrganisationThe Earth Institute, Columbia University
The Earth Institute at Columbia University works across disciplines to address complex issues facing the planet and its inhabitants, with particular focus on sustainable development and the needs of tOrganisationEnvironmental Change Institute (ECI)
The Environmental Change Institute (ECI) is Oxford University’s centre for research and teaching on the environment and sustainability.The ECI was established to organise and promote collaborativeOrganisationInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit, scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing countries.DocumentPlanning and managing water resources at the river-basin level: emergence and evolution of a concept
Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, IWMI, 2006This report discusses the evolution of the concept of a river basin in order to give a more politicised view of integrated water management. The paper argues that the river basin has been associated with various strands of thinking and sometimes co-opted or mobilised by particular groups to strengthen the legitimacy of their agenda.Pages
