Many large river basins support both—energy production from hydropower and withdrawals for irrigated food production (in addition to many other uses, such as for households and industries, fisheries and the environment).
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Is hydropower for or against Irrigation?
Desalination Using Renewable Energy – is it the answer to water scarcity?
The famous quote, “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink”, may become a quote of past, at least for…
Preventing Cardiac Arrest for Cambodia’s Heart
Today, the International Day for Biological Diversity, is the ideal day to spend the coffee break mulling over the relationship between water, biodiversity, and agriculture in some of the world’s most critical life raft ecosystems
The role of ecosystem services on food security and nutrition in the Amazon
Food, nutrition and health of small-scale farming families throughout the world depend to a major extent on the benefits obtained from nature, ranging from the provision of a wide diversity of food resources, fuel-wood for cooking and medicinal plants, to the sustenance of agriculture and disaster risk reduction.
The “Ganges Water Machine”: a sexy title or the concept of global relevance?
Almost 40 years ago, Revelle and Lakshminarayana (1975) coined the term “Ganges Water Machine” trying to find a solution to…
2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit
The 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit on Water Security and Water Related Disaster Challenges took place in Chiang Mai, Thailand from May 16-20th,…
Taking the “waste” out of wastewater
Many government officials see wastewater treatment plants as an expensive and low cost recovery investment. This is why governments are struggling to meet the wastewater treatment needs of their countries.
Structural vs. Non-Structural Approaches to Disaster Management: Which would you choose?
Disaster management and flood protection is a prominent theme this year at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai. …
Global Water Systems Project: Water in the Anthropocene Conference
WLE and partners have a strong presence at: “Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. Indicators, Thresholds and…
Sharing or sparing land for nature?
A new ecological study of novel human-influenced ecosystems should change the debate about whether farmers should be sharing land with nature or sparing land for nature.
Cease-fire on IWRM
We agree with Dr. Mark Giordano’s key point when he says that IWRM has reasonable principles (e.g., ‘a coordinated, democratic approach to managing water’, ‘involving multiple interests’), but that those principles can cause problems when they become formulaic doctrine or dogma. But isn’t that true of any concept?
Pastoralists in the Media: Three E’s please
Once upon a time, not so long ago, we were all mobile. Movement was what enabled our ancestors to track resources that were here today, gone tomorrow. In parts of the world where water, pasture or good hunting are not constantly available, mobility is still the key that unlocks scattered resources.
Cloud Forest Protection Critical To Keep Tropical Dams Running
Despite our growing reliance on dams, we still have much to learn about how they work. The degradation of forests and other ecosystems has often being linked to reservoir degradation, which reduces dam performance.
Gaining perspective: How will rural-urban migration affect farm size?
As the discussion on farm size continues to grow from Stephen Carr’s blog post on farm size, Carr responds to comments. “I find the snippets from pro large-farm comments lack an apparent awareness of the real issues…”
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