The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communities, local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have demonstrated the potential to overcome these challenges and substantially improve people’s livelihoods.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2018Laos, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, China, Myanmar, Camboya, India, Tailandia
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2006Kenya, Uganda, Perú, Sudán, Ecuador, Bolivia, India, Etiopía, Colombia, Asia, África, América del Sur, Asia meridional
There are many options for enhancing food production from fish in managed aquatic systems.The most appropriate technology, however, will vary from place to place, and the conditions under which one technology is prefered over another are still not well defined.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2016India, Nepal
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2015Bangladesh
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2014Bangladesh
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2010India, Asia
This paper applies the principles of water-use accounts, developed in the first of the
series, to the Indus River basin in South Asia. The Indus Basin covers 3 countries, rises
in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in China. Irrigated agriculture
in the Basin is extensive with the construction of dams, barrages, and link canals to
distribute water, with modern engineering to support irrigation starting as early as the
mid 1800s.
Net runoff is about 10% of total precipitation. Irrigated agriculture covers 20% of
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2015Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Asia meridional
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Library ResourceDiciembre, 2013Bangladesh, India, Asia sudoriental
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2010Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Asia meridional
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2017Bangladesh
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