Monthly Archives: August 2013
Saving the world’s wetlands
Under the WETWIN project, researchers looked at issues in seven wetlands from Africa, Europe and South America.
NationalGeographic.com: Small-scale Irrigation Boosts Incomes and Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa
A study by the International Water Management Institute, based in Sri Lanka, estimates that small motorized pumps could expand irrigation by some 30 million...
SciDev.net: West Africa ‘must take action to tackle water loss’
A team of researchers — comprising agronomists, climatologists and social scientists, including those from IWMI — say that water flow in the Volta region...
Managed aquifer recharge: the solution for water shortages in the Fergana...
Karimov, Akmal; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Mavlonov, A.; Borisov, V.; Gracheva, I.; Miryusupov, F.; Djumanov, J.; Khamzina, T.; Ibragimov, R.; Abdurahmanov, B. 2013. Managed aquifer recharge:...
Mountain meltdown
How much global warming can the world's glaciers take?
The huge glaciers in the Himalayan mountain system are often called the "water towers of Asia"....
IWMI Annual Report 2012
A look back at the previous year of IWMI's activities, achievements and accolades.
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Features include:
IWMI awarded highest accolade in water...