Malawi economic monitor, February 2024
Watersheds play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem, biodiversity, wildlife, agriculture, and human population by serving as the natural resource base for all forms of life. These natural boundaries
Watershed Development
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California water plan has less money for environmental restoration
A controversial plan to divert water from above a key California watershed, pushed hard by Governor Jerry Brown as a vital new anchor for the state's drought-parched water system, would involve far less
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Mid Himalayan Projects in Himachal Pradesh, 30/04/2015
One of the questions raised was the details of district-wise expenditure of crores of rupees being provided by the World Bank for ‘Mid Himalayan Projects’ in 2013-14 in Himachal Pradesh.
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The Rajasthan River Basin and Water Resources Planning Act, 2015
An Act for the establishment of State Water Resources Advisory Council and Rajasthan River Basin and Water Resources Planning Authority to adopt an Integrated Water Resources Management approach for management
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Increase water harvesting in Africa
Ensuring that the world's food needs are met by 2050 will take a doubling of global food production. To improve agricultural yields on that scale will require a radical rethink of global water-management
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Africa: The UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme- Enhancing the Role of Ecosystem Management in Climate Change Adaptation Report
Cairo — A flagship of South-South Cooperation, the UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme completed its second phase with a report launched during the 15th session of African Ministerial Conference on
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Water-smart agriculture in East Africa
Agricultural water has been for decades viewed under conventional irrigation attention in terms of public investment to other agricultural water management practices, such as rain water harvesting, that
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Nigeria gets $30m World Bank aid on climate change
THE Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank has earmarked $30 million to support Nigeria’s quest in the fight against climate change in the country, during an interactive meeting with development
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CM worried over slow progress of watershed projects
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has expressed concern over the slow pace of progress in watershed management schemes in the state. Presiding over a review meeting of watershed management in
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Monitoring implementation of desertification combating plan using geomatics – A case study, districts Dhar and Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh
The world’s drylands are subject to desertification as a result of extended droughts, climate change, and human activities. Development in drylands depends on addressing degradation of the ecosystem, mainstreaming
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Decision Support System integrated with Geographic Information System to target restoration actions in watersheds of arid environment: A case study of Hathmati watershed, Sabarkantha district, Gujarat
Watershed morphometric analysis is important for controlling floods and planning restoration actions. The present study is focused on the identification of suitable sites for locating water harvesting