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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Aqueduct Metadata Document: Aqueduct Global Maps 2.0
Published:
January 1, 2013World Resources Institute
This document describes the specific characteristics of the indicator data and calculations for the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas Global Maps. Complete guidelines and processes for data collection, calculations, and mapping techniques are described fully in the Aqueduct Water Risk Framework.Read more
Aqueduct Water Risk Framework
Published:
January 1, 2013World Resources Institute
The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas provides a set of indicators that capture a wide range of variables, and aggregates them into comprehensive scores using the Water Risk Framework. Companies can use this information to prioritize actions, investors to leverage financial interest to improve water...Read more
World Resources Institute Issue Brief: Insights from the Field: Forests for Water
Published:
February 1, 2012World Resources Institute
This issue brief describes analyses by WRI in support of emerging payments for watershed services (PWS) programs in two watersheds in Maine and North Carolina and insights gleaned from work in progress.Read more
How Bay-wide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Maryland Farms
Published:
June 1, 2010World Resources Institute
This working paper evaluates the opportunities for Maryland farms to sell nutrient credits in a proposed nutrient trading program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.Read more
How Bay-wide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Virginia Farms
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April 1, 2010World Resources Institute
This working paper evaluates the opportunities for Virginia farms to sell nutrient credits in a proposed nutrient trading program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.Read more
Philadelphia Water Department "Green City - Clean Water" Program
Published:
October 1, 2009The National Institutes for Water Resources
PWD's 'Green City - Clean Water' program integrates management of Philadelphia's watersheds into this larger context. It is designed to provide many benefits beyond the reduction of combined sewer overflows, so that every dollar spent provides a maximum return in benefits to the...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaEutrophication: Policies, Action, and Strategies to Address Nutrient Pollution
Published:
September 1, 2009World Resources Institute
This policy note provides an overview of the range of actions, policies, and institutions around the globe that address nutrient pollution and eutrophication.Read more
Water Quality Trading Programs: an International Overview
Published:
March 1, 2009World Resources Institute
This issue brief provides an overview of water quality trading programs, outlines the various approaches to program design, and explores the program design elements that are important for implementing effective water quality trading programs.Read more
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
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