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1 Chartres, Colin. 2007. Food, water and oil: The hidden link. On Line Opinion, 1 August. 3p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.19 G000 CHA Record No: H040264)
2 Chartres, Colin. 2008. Research with impact: a new thrust forward. Water Figures: quarterly newsletter of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), 4:3.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 INT Record No: H041710)
3 Chartres, Colin. 2007. Climate change adaptation for agriculture and agro-ecosystems: the critical role of water. Viewpoints. Environment Matters, 2007 (Climate change and adaptation):6-7.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water scarcity ; Water resource management ; Agroecosystems ; Water supply ; Water policy
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041944)
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTENVMAT/64199955-1203372965627/21652237/Climate_Change_Adaptation.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041944.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041944.pdf
4 Chartres, Colin. (Ed.) 2009. Words into action: delegate publication for the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-22 March 2009. London, UK: Faircount Media Group. 148p.
Water resource management ; International waters ; Territorial waters ; River basins ; Water scarcity ; Water security ; Surface irrigation ; Water pollution ; Effluents ; Sewage ; Wastewater ; Sanitation / Central Asia / Turkey / Libya / India / Australia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 CHA Record No: H042181)
5 Chartres, Colin. 2009. What happens when rivers run dry? In Chartres, Colin (Ed.). Words into action: delegate publication for the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-22 March 2009. London, UK: Faircount Media Group. pp.24-30.
River basins ; Water stress ; Water scarcity ; Water pollution ; Water governance ; Water productivity / Middle East / China / India / River Jordan / Red Sea / Dead Sea
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 SAL Record No: H042182)
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6 Chartres, Colin. (Ed.) 2009. Words into action: delegate publication for the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-22 March 2009. London, UK: Faircount Media Group. 148p.
Water resource management ; International waters ; Territorial waters ; River basins ; Water scarcity ; Water security ; Surface irrigation ; Water pollution ; Effluents ; Sewage ; Wastewater ; Sanitation / Central Asia / Turkey / Libya / India / Australia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 CHA c2 Record No: H042199)
7 Chartres, Colin. 2009. Feeding everyone: a case for water governance reform. Stockholm Water Front, 2:6-8.
Water governance ; Water resource management ; Water allocation ; Water use ; Food security ; Irrigation water ; Water rights ; Water conservation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042265)
http://www.siwi.org/documents/Resources/Water_Front_Articles/2009/Feeding_Everyone.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042265.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042265.pdf
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8 Chartres, Colin. 2008. Invest in water for farming, or the world will go hungry. [Opinions]. SciDev.Net: Science and Development Network, 10 July 2008. 3p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042645)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/pdf/SciDev_Invest_in_water_for_farming.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042645.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042645.pdf
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9 Chartres, Colin. 2008. Water: the forgotten crisis. Appropriate Technology, 35(3):19-20.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042938)
10 Chartres, Colin. 2008. Using waste water safely and profitably. [Abstract only]. In Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Conference abstract volume - World Water Week in Stockholm on Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World with Special Focus on Sanitation, 17-23 August 2008. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). pp.22-23.
Water scarcity ; Water use ; Water pollution ; Wastewater irrigation ; Vegetables ; Fodder ; Health hazards ; Public health ; Developing countries ; Water governance ; Water reuse ; Guidelines / West Africa / India / Pakistan / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042947)
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/documents/Resources/Synthesis/2008_Abstract_Volume.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042947.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042947.pdf
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The world currently faces food, water and energy crisis. All are interlinked, in that water underpins food production and water is also under competition for use in the energy sector including hydropower generation and biofuels production. However, until recently, we have continued to use water as if it is an infinite resource and we squander millions of litres through inefficient management practices in many sectors of the economy. Furthermore, once used in agriculture, industry and domestically, water is returned to the environment frequently contaminated with salts, pesticides, persistent organic compounds, sewage and heavy metals. Elsewhere, literally cubic kilometers of untreated effluent are dumped in the oceans, polluting fisheries and the environment alike. Storm water runoff is often similarly discharge straight into rivers, and lakes, or the ocean rather than being seen as a valuable resource. Whilst many developed countries have done much to clean up their act with respect to sewage treatment, there are many developing countries that have few, if any, operational sewage treatment plants. Where sewage is discharged into rivers, it is often reused almost immediately in its untreated form by poor farmers. Whilst the nutrients in the water can be regarded as useful fertilizer, other contaminants including fecal coliform bacteria, helminths, viruses and chemical and metal contaminants pose immediate health risks for those using the water for irrigation and for those who consume their produce. This paper addresses some of the key issues associated with the utilization of waste water in agriculture in terms of viewing waste water as an important resource that can assist in fighting the water and food crises. It examines the major contaminants in waste water being used in agriculture and considers these from risks that they pose to human health and the environment. It also considers the types of responses that are required from government to ensure that management, regulation and policy actions are introduced to ensure that risks are adequately minimized. The paper is focused around work in developing countries and will use examples from West Africa, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Wastewater use is already a common reality on some 20 million hectares, where inadequate local sanitation facilities mean that farmers often have no alternative to the use of heavily polluted irrigation water. In many cases farmers have to stand in the polluted water to extract it and the water is then irrigated directly onto the leaves of green vegetables and fodder crops. Furthermore, little may be done between the field and the point of sale to wash off biological contaminants. In other cases, heavy metals and persistent organic compounds may also be found in the irrigation water and these may accumulate in the soil and the edible leaves and tubers of food crops causing long term damage to consumers. Whilst immediate effects of contamination are usually most noticeable in terms of hospital admissions with diarrhea and parasites, long term exposure to other compounds may cause damage to internal organs and/or be carcinogenic. Where fruits and vegetables, or the meat of animals fed on polluted water is then exported to developed countries, the presence of contaminants in such products can do untold damage to future market opportunities for the country of origin. To address these concerns, in 2006 WHO-FAO-UNEP released waste water use guidelines. IWMI was a major contributor to the development of these guidelines. The guidelines show that even in conditions where wastewater treatment is limited or negligible, risks for farmers and consumers can be significantly reduced. They aim at location specific measures for the locally best impact rather than at meeting international thresholds. The guidelines are now being translated into fact sheets for farmers, policy makers and researchers that will be launched later this year. Still there are many challenges for research and development. These include: 1. lack of health risk assessments for consumers especially in developing countries where local adaptation levels can be very different from thresholds defined elsewhere 2. limited studies on alternative options for health risk reduction including on-farm water treatment, enhanced natural systems, and combined treatment and non-treatment (multiple barrier) options 3. lack of low-cost concepts for situations where pathogens and heavy metals pose a combined threat 4. slow progress in participatory wastewater governance where ‘planning for reuse’ is shifted from wastewater suppliers to wastewater users.
11 Chartres, Colin. 2010. Global water scarcity: a risk or opportunity for Australia?[Abstract only]. Paper presented at the ATSE International Workshop 2010, Water and its Interdependencies in the Australian Economy, Sydney, Australia, 22-23 June 2010. 3p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042953)
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12 Chartres, Colin. 2010. Improved water and soil management: the key to future food security. Paper presented at the 19th World Congress of Soil Science, held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August, 2010. 6p.
Water management ; Soil management ; Water scarcity ; Soil exhaustion ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Rainfed farming ; Irrigated farming ; Food security
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043114)
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Growing global population and a combination of dietary change, biofuels production, urban and industrial water demand and climate change will see food crises becoming more frequent in the next 40 years. Food and feed production must double to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050. This will require using twice as much water as at present or increasing water productivity. It is argued that we need a Blue-Green revolution to deliver water productivity increases. This revolution will depend on increases of both rainfed and irrigated production and has to include improvements in soil fertility and institutional and governance of agriculture and natural resources.
13 Chartres, Colin; Varma, Samyuktha. 2010. Out of water: from abundance to scarcity and how to solve the world's water problems. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: FT Press. 230p.
Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water resource management ; Water governance ; Water rights ; Water allocation ; Water use ; Irrigation water ; Water reuse ; Rivers ; Poverty ; Farmers ; Women
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 CHA Record No: H043171)
From cities to biofuels, competition for water is accelerating. Climate change threatens to intensify the onset and severity of the water crisis in several regions of the developing world: this is already happening throughout much of Asia, the Mediterranean, southwestern Australia, and the southwestern US. Along with water shortages, unsafe water becomes an increasingly widespread problem, too.As water crises trigger food and health crises, billions may slip further into poverty, leading to greater social and political unrest, new wars, and worsening national security. Out of Water doesn't just illuminate the coming global water crisis: it presents innovative solutions in agriculture, engineering, governance, and beyond, including state-of-the art techniques for integrated water management. This book will help raise the level of debate about water to the highest levels of government, and identify workable reforms and incentives to help water users utilize this crucial resource far more efficiently.
14 Mukherji, Aditi; Facon, T.; Molden, David; Chartres, Colin. 2010. Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia’s irrigation help? Paper presented at the Water Crisis and Choices, ADB and Partners Conference, ADB HQ, Manila, Philippines, 11-15 October 2010. 23p.
Irrigation systems ; Irrigation management ; Institutional reform ; Food security ; Food production / Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043241)
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Irrigation has always played a central role in the agrarian economy of Asia, from supporting famed hydraulic civilizations in the ancient past to spearheading Green Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s,. Asia accounts for 70% of the world’s irrigated area and is home to some of the oldest and largest irrigation schemes. While these irrigation schemes played an important role in ensuring food security for billions of people in the past, their current state of affairs leaves much to be desired. The purpose of this paper is analyze the current trends in irrigation in Asia and suggest ways and means for revitalizing irrigation for meeting our future food needs and fuelling agricultural growth. The paper recommends a five pronged approach for revitalizing Asia’s irrigation and provides region specific strategies for the same. The underlying principal of these multiple strategies is the belief that the public institutions at the heart of irrigation management in Asia need to give up comfortable rigidity and engage with individual users’ needs and the demands placed by larger societal changes.
15 Chartres, Colin; Samad, Madar; Kuppannan, Palanisami. 2011. Meeting the challenges in the water sector. Paper presented at the Conference on Water Partnerships towards Meeting Climate Challenge, Chennai, India, 6-7 January 2011. 3p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043482)
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16 Chartres, Colin. 2010. The International Water Management Institute. Interview. International Innovation, October 2010:79-81.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043547)
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In the face of climate change, population growth and associated pressures on the global food supply, the issue of water management is becoming ever more critical for countries across the world to address. Dr Colin Chartres, Director-General of IWMI, explains how his institute is helping to facilitate this.
17 Chartres, Colin. 2011. Evidence-based policy development in watershed management. Paper presented at the International Conference on Watershed Management - From Local Watershed Management to Integrated River Basin Management at National and Transboundary Levels, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 9-11 March 2011. 1p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043725)
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18 Chartres, Colin. 2012. Water and food security: integrated scientific and governance based solutions. In van den Brink, A.; de Haas, W.; Beek, K. J.; Frikkee, D. (Eds.). Globalisation and landscape change: report of the 60th Jubilee Conference of the Land and Water Network, Wageningen, Netherlands, 18 May 2011. Wageningen, Netherlands: Land and Water Network; Wageningen, Netherlands: KLV Wageningen Alumni Network. pp.19-29.
Water management ; Water security ; Water scarcity ; Water governance ; Water requirements ; Food security ; Food production ; Population growth ; Arable land / Europe / USA
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043975)
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19 Eriyagama, Nishadi; Chartres, Colin; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2011. Climate change challenges to agriculture in the tropics and subtropics: the need for research and development solutions. Highlights: The Crawford Fund Newsletter, pp.3-5.
Climate change ; Weather ; Reservoirs ; Flooding ; Drought ; Rain ; Agriculture ; Arid zones ; Livestock ; Research / Sri Lanka / Dry Zone
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044287)
http://www.crawfordfund.org/assets/files/newsletters/HIGHLIGHTS_APRIL_2011.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044287.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044287.pdf
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20 Chartres, Colin. 2011. Water, investment and food security. Paper submitted to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 21 September 2011. 3p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044495)
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Water resources are already very scarce. With further demand from population growth, dietary changes, biofuel production, urbanisation and climate change, it will be extremely difficult to find enough supply to enable an increase in global food production by 70 per cent. There are, however, potential solutions that involve increasing water productivity, improved water storage, more irrigation and re-using waste water. But current investment levels in overseas development aid and spending at country level are unlikely to be sufficient to ensure food security in the relatively short- term, let alone by 2050, when the global population is forecast to be nine billion. This article describes some of the issues that have to be faced to deliver food security and overcome water scarcity, and how these improvements can be achieved through a combination of science, policy and investment.
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