Integrated Water Resource Management
As defined by the Global Water Partnership, integrated water resource management is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Resources available within this theme provide guidance on how to conserve and restore watersheds, reduce pollution, adapt to climate change and reduce risks from floods and droughts.
Integrated Water Resource Management Resources
Field Manual for Water Quality Sampling
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July 1, 1996The National Institutes for Water Resources
The overriding objective of this manual is to provide consistent field sampling protocols for the numerous agencies and individuals who require water quality information. However, it is not intended to replace any sampling plan. The Spanish-language version of this manual also is available to help...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaBig Business and the Amazon: Protecting Nature's Benefits
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWorld Resources Institute
The Amazon rainforest boasts incomparable biodiversity- home to one thenth of all known species' and plays a vital role in regional water supply and global climate regulation. Yet, it is also a profitable working forest, benefiting both local businesses and international corporations. Trying...Read more
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BrazilLatin America and the CaribbeanChina's Response to Air Pollution Poses Threat to Water
World Resources Institute
The China State Council announced an initiative last year to address persistent smog in major cities, however, this WRI document addresses that while the Air Pollution Control Action Plan has ambitious goals of cutting air particulates and coal consumption, it may create unintended problems for the...Read more
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ChinaEast Asia and PacificMajority of China's Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Located in Water-Stressed Regions
World Resources Institute
This document analyzes the future of coal-power in China, focusing on the impacts the construction of these plants will have in already water-stressed regions. Such impacts include further straining already-scare resources and threatening water security for China's farms, other industries, and...Read more
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ChinaEast Asia and PacificImproving China's Yellow River: Why Business and Government Need to Work Together
World Resources Institute
Today, the Yellow River and the people who depend on it face severe challenges. Stress of limited water resources, pollution, and flooding pose significant risks to communities and business that rely on the river. In September 2012, water experts from government, research institutes, the private...Read more
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ChinaEast Asia and PacificCircle of Blue - Choke Point India (Wilson Center)
Skoll Global Threats FundU.S. Agency for International Development
Global Choke Point is a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center, and explores the peril and promise of water, food, and energy, through frontline reporting, data, and policy expertise.Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaWater Conservation, Yesterday and Today: a Story of History, Culture and Politics
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Recently very much center stage and in the spotlight, water conservation seems to be an idea whose time has come. If, however, we define water conservation as the careful use of water to better maintain current supplies, then water conservation is not a recent development. What is relatively new is...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaManaging Watersheds to Improve Land and Water
The National Institutes for Water Resources
At first glance, the term watershed management appears to be self-explanatory, its meaning apparent in its very wording. Watershed management is the managing of a watershed. At best, however, this definition is merely the starting point and might appropriately be compared to the initial upland flow...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaHolding Back the Waters: Dams as Water Resource Monuments
The National Institutes for Water Resources
This is a guiding premise in understanding dams. What they have in common their shared purposes of greater significance than their many differences. The following discussion is mainly about the smaller, little publicized dams.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWashfunders.Org Map
Foundation Center
An interactive'mapping application'that shows where foundation grants are going, to which organizations, and for what purpose. Foundation funding is shown within the context of international funding as well as key development indicators.Read more
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