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Korean Wetlands Impress Ramsar Participants

Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu, a researcher at International Water Management Institute, said she wanted to visit the places again to look more deeply case by...

Is water the new oil?

Two years ago, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) published a report by 700 experts warning that one in three people were 'enduring one...

Accra Consensus – Agenda for Research, Capacity Building & Action on...

In collaboration with IDRC and WHO, IWMI organized in early October an international expert consultation in Accra, Ghana, to brainstorm about the state of...

Drought Resistance Is the Goal, but Methods Differ

How much could be gained by use of these new crops is not yet clear. A report in 2007 by the International Water Management...

Drinking water for 800 schools

Additional Secretary G. A. Kumararatne said moves are under way to obtain international assistance to take forward ongoing projects of the Government. ...

Society must unite to build healthy nation

The Sanitation Task Force (STF) in Sri Lanka yesterday announced the necessity politicians ,teachers, households and communities in general to ensure sanitation...

Canada in 2020 – Agriculture: Grow-ops

Of course, feeding the world, whose population is expected to reach 8.5 billion within 30 years, will require more than just soybeans. Indeed, it...

Another inconvenient truth

According to a report by the International Water Management Institute, by 2025, about one third of the world's population, perhaps as many as 3...

When the going gets tough…

The report said food had to become more affordable and nutritious without degrading the land. In 2006,water specialists from numerous national institutes published the...

Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis

"Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis" - Rebelo et al 2008 listed as No 13 of the "Top 25...