Watershed Management and Restoration
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, watershed management is the continuous process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects with partners using a multi-disciplinary and adaptive approach to sustain and enhance natural watersheds. Resources available in this sub-theme include watershed management technical reports, tools to assess flows in ecosystems, and other resources that support sustainable watershed management and restoration.
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Watershed Management and Restoration Resources
Paying for Environmental Performance: Using Reverse Auctions to Allocate Funding for Conservation
Published:
January 1, 2007World Resources Institute
This publication explains how reverse auctions can be used as a cost-effective method for allocating funding in US Farm Bill Conservation Programs.Read more
Conservation Best Management Practices, Cost-Share and Water Quality Trading Programs in the United States Department of Agriculture
Published:
July 1, 2006World Resources Institute
This policy note outlines economic and "fairness" reasons why supporting the sale of the cost-share portion of agricultural nutrient and sediment reductions is not the most appropriate policy for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other government agencies to adopt.Read more
Fertile Ground: Nutrient Trading's Potential to Cost-Effectively Improve Water Quality
Published:
May 1, 2000World Resources Institute
This seminal publication explores the cost effectiveness and environmental performance of various strategies to reduce phosphorus loads in nutrient-impaired waterways.Read more
Coastal Capital: Ecosystem Valuation for Decision Making in the Caribbean
World Resources Institute
This guidebook details the steps in conducting a coastal ecosystem valuation to inform decision making in the Caribbean. It guides valuation practitioners-both economists and non-economists- through the three phases of a valuation effort (scoping, analysis and outreach), with an emphasis on...Read more
A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality- One Targeted Watershed At a Time
World Resources Institute
Few programs have seen widespread success in tackling either local or the Gulf's growing water quality problems, but an emerging initiative could present a way forward. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI) in 2009...Read more
Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings Map
World Resources Institute
This map shows countries and river basins' average exposure to five of Aqueduct's water risk indicators: baseline water stress, interannual variability, seasonal variability, flood occurrence, and drought severity. Risk exposure scores are available for every country (except Greenland and...Read more
Need Clean Water? Invest in Nature
World Resources Institute
This post is the first installment of our blog series, Nature for Water. In this series, we'll explore the benefits, opportunities, and best practices of using natural infrastructure like forests to secure clean water. Securing clean water is becoming increasingly difficult in the United...Read more
Conflicting Reporting Systems May Hinder Companies' Water Risk Strategies
World Resources Institute
This blog analyzes how a lack of consistent definitions of water stress and scarcity can impede companies ability to properly measure water risks.Read more
Interactive Map of Eutrophication and Hypoxia Data Set
World Resources Institute
This provides the full dataset of eutrophic and hypoxic coastal areas used to construct the Interactive Map of Eutrophication and Hypoxia.Read more
Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?
World Resources Institute
Reducing the growing dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is a huge scientific, technical, economic, and political challenge. It's a conundrum that agricultural and environmental experts from across the United States deliberated at the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force meeting in Louisville,...Read more
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