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VLADIMIR SMAKHTIN
Theme Leader - Water Availability and Access
IWMI Headquarters - Sri Lanka
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| Vladimir Smakhtin has 30 years of experience as a researcher, manager and consultant in the broad area of water resources management. He holds a Ph.D from Russian Academy of Sciences with an educational background in hydrology and water resources. His research experience spreads across hydrological modelling, environmental flow management, low-flow analyses, hydrological software development, assessment of catchment development impacts on river flow, provision of hydrological information for data-poor regions, drought management and global water availability. Dr Smakhtin is currently an Theme Leader - Water Availability and Access at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). He was involved in a number of assignments in Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, South Africa, Canada, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Iran, Morocco, Ethiopia, Ghana, Uzbekistan. He consulted for a number of national and international government and non-government organisations including Department of Water Affairs of South Africa, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, World Commission on Dams, IUCN, UNEP. He has extensive lecturing experience in two universities and vast outreach experience presenting scientific results and concepts to scientists, policy makers, politicians and other diverse audiences worldwide. Dr Smakhtin was involved in the State programme for mitigating the consequences of Chernobyl Accident in the Ukraine. He actively contributed to the development of methods for environmental water management, which now form part of the South African national policy on the protection of water resources. He pioneered several large-scale high-impact research projects, including comprehensive national study on low-flow hydrology in South Africa, ground–breaking analysis of ecosystem water requirements at the global scale, first ever regional drought assessment and mitigation potential in south-west Asia, re-thinking storage as an adaptation strategy to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa and others. He is the author of over 100 research publications. |
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