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1 2009. Waste: dishing the dirt. Food Ethics, 4(3). 31p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042344)
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Wasting food is costly, damages the environment and, in a world where a billion people are hungry, deeply unfair. But is simply cutting food waste enough to tackle these problems?
2 de Fraiture, Charlotte; Clayton, Terry. 2009. Wasted food, lost water: ethical imperatives for water conservation. Food Ethics, 4(3):27-29.
Water use ; Water conservation ; Water shortage ; Food production ; Foods ; Wastes ; Attitudes ; Water management ; Policy
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042345)
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3 Payet, R.; Obura, D. 2004. The negative impacts of human activities in the Eastern African region: an international waters perspective. Ambio, 33(1-2):24-33.
International waters ; Social aspects ; Human behaviour ; Ecosystems ; Assessment ; Coral reefs ; Case studies ; Sustainable development ; River basins ; Water policy ; Wastes ; Pollution ; Freshwater ; Climate change / East Africa / Somali
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8100 Record No: H044760)
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The complex interactions between human activities and the environment at the interface of land and water is analyzed with a focus on the Somali Current (East Africa), and Indian Ocean Island States, subregions of the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA). These 2 subregions contain some of the world's richest ecosystems, including the high biodiversity forests of Madagascar and the diverse coastal habitats of the eastern African coast. These ecosystems support local communities and national and regional economies. Current and future degradation of these systems, from water basins to continental shelves, affects the livelihoods and sustainability of the countries in the region, and long-term efforts to reduce poverty. The assessments determined that pollution and climate change are the primary environmental and social concerns in the Islands of the Indian Ocean, while freshwater shortage and unsustainable exploitation of fisheries and other living resources are the primary environmental and social concerns in East Africa. The GIWA approach, through assessing root causes of environmental concerns, enables the development of policy approaches for mitigating environmental degradation. This paper explores policy frameworks for mitigating the impacts, and reducing the drivers, of 3 environmental concerns—freshwater shortage; solid waste pollution; and climate change—addressing social and institutional causes and effects, and linking the subregions to broad international frameworks. The common theme in all 3 case studies is the need to develop integrated ecosystem and international waters policies, and mechanisms to manage conflicting interests and to limit threats to natural processes.
4 King, F. H. 1911. Farmers of forty centuries or permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan. Emmaus, PA, USA: Rodale Press. 441p.
Farmers ; Agricultural production ; Rice ; Wastes ; Silk ; Tea ; Composts ; Fertilizers ; Fuels ; Irrigation / China / Korea / Japan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.1 G000 KIN Record No: H046053)
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5 Chartres, Colin; Sood, Aditya. 2013. The water for food paradox. [Selected from the World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-31 August 2012]. Aquatic Procedia, 1:3-19. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqpro.2013.07.002]
Water resources ; Water security ; Water demand ; Water scarcity ; Water productivity ; Climate change ; Food security ; Population growth ; Wastes ; Recycling
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046069)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214241X13000035
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046069.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046069.pdf
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This paper considers whether there will be sufficient water available to grow enough food for a predicted global population of 9 billion in 2050, based on three population and GDP growth modelling scenarios. Under the a low population growth with high GDP growth scenario, global consumptive water demand is forecast to increase significantly to over 6,000 km3, which is approximately 3,000 km3 greater that consumptive use in the year 2000. Also of concern is that rising global temperatures are going to increase potential evaporation, and t us irrigation water demand, by up to 17%. Sustainable intensification of agriculture can provide solutions to this predicament. However, productivity growth i not fast enough and we face considerable risks in the next 20 to 30 years. Concerted action to combat food insecurity and water scarcity is required based on agricultural research and development, policy reform and greater water productivity, if the world is to feed its growing population.
6 CGIAR Research Program on Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2013. Creating wealth from waste: business plan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 17p.
Research projects ; Wastes ; Sanitation ; Economic aspects ; Water reuse ; Wastewater treatment ; Faecal coliforms
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046184)
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7 Middleton, C.; Krawanchid, D. 2014. Urbanization and sustainable development in the Mekong region. In Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. (Eds.). Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRDC); Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). pp.72-94.
Sustainable development ; Urbanization ; Urban areas ; Governance ; Rural urban relations ; Urban rural migration ; Population growth ; Poverty ; Living standards ; Economic growth ; Urban environment ; Wastes ; Ecosystems / Southeast Asia / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / China / Mekong Region / Yunnan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046913)
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8 Buechler, S.; Hanson, A.-M. (Eds.) 2015. A political ecology of women, water and global environmental change. Oxon, UK: Routledge. 262p.
Political ecology ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Women in development ; Water resources ; Water management ; Environmental factors ; Globalization ; Partnerships ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water availability ; Water governance ; Watersheds ; Lakes ; Urban areas ; Rural settlement ; Mining ; Social aspects ; Violence ; Ethnic groups ; Riparian zones ; Sustainability ; Cultivation ; Irrigation methods ; Seaweeds ; Wastes / South Africa / USA / Brazil / Mexico / Egypt / Canada / Tajikistan / Lesotho / Los Angeles / Rayon / Sonora / Yucatan / Yukon Territory
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 305.42 G000 BUE Record No: H047093)
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