Monthly Archives: July 2013
CEA partners with IWMI to turn organic waste into high-quality fertilizer
Colombo.25 July 2013. At the request of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) signed an agreement to collaborate towards...
CRI to address climate change impacts in Sri Lanka
The Coconut Research Institute is organizing an “International Conference on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations for Food and Environmental Security” in partnership with the...
EurekAlert.org: Climate change could deprive Volta Basin of water needed to...
ACCRA, GHANA (19 July, 2013)—A new study released today finds that so much water may be lost in the Volta River Basin due to...
Pond, tank or well?
People not just places determine the right choice for agricultural water storage in Africa
The Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) convened by the Forum for Agricultural...
Agricultural Water Storage in an Era of Climate Change: Assessing Need...
McCartney, Matthew; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Xenarios, Stefanos; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2013. Agricultural water storage in an era of climate change: assessing need and effectiveness in Africa....
World Water Summit V
Friday June 21, 2013 – Lisbon, Portugal. This year’s World Water Summit will focus on sanitation, which has been an even greater challenge than...
IWA Development Congress & Exhibition
14 – 17 October 2013 – Nairobi, Kenya. The IWA Development Congress and Exhibition is the Association’s main biennial event addressing urban water management...
Providing evidence-based findings in the Dry Zone of Myanmar
Something magical happens when researchers respond directly to development challenges and the needs of end users. There is interest in the findings, it is...
How much is a wetland worth?
A new approach to costing ecosystem services
We know that despite their importance for local human well-being and regulation of ecosystem services, wetland integrity continues...
Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river...
Savoskul, Oxana S.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2013. Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: hydrological role under changing climate. Colombo,...