TAG: maps
How water-smart agricultural solutions can help us stall desertification and thrive in the face of future droughts
Mitigating desertification and drought impacts, with water-smart solutions and digital innovations.
With COP26 around the corner, explore how a proactive approach to drought management could help Southern Africa
With proper preparedness, drought doesn’t have to be such a killer. But being prepared means being proactive rather than responding to crises.
Four ways IWMI is using water to advance climate adaptation and mitigation around the world
During COP26 and beyond, IWMI will continue to advance a wide range of water-focused climate solutions and develop a diverse set technical, policy, and financial tools.
Three ways water solutions restore the planet
Many of the threats the world faces involve water, but so do the climate solutions we need to restore our planet.
Morocco’s decision to publish drought maps could benefit the whole MENA region
The hope is that the technology will be routinely used across MENA in drought management, helping to strengthen resilience to climate change, promote accountability and transparency, and inform scarcity management in arid watersheds.
Using maps to save lives when a super cyclone strikes
IWMI provides data that will inform response and relief efforts to Super Cyclone Amphan.
Down to Earth: When Covid-19, climate collide: How south Asia can prepare itself
Countries in south Asia are bracing themselves for an onslaught of climate disasters, as if managing the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not enough.
Press Release: New maps aid flood relief efforts
For the first time, maps have been prepared by a consortium consisting of IWMI, the Disaster Management Centre of the Ministry of Disaster Management (MoDM) and the UN’s space based information service for disaster management and emergency response (UN-SPIDER).
New maps have India covered
Satellite scans of vegetation show changes to the sub-continent’s land-use.
Flood mapping assists relief management in Uttarakhand
Update on flood situation in Uttara Pradesh (India) using Landsat 30m resolution.
(26 June 2013)
Image clearly shows flood receded areas in pink color and standing...
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