Today, May 22, is the International Day of Biodiversity, which this year, coincides with the 2013 Year of Water Cooperation. It’s the ideal day to spend the coffee break mulling over the relationship between water, biodiversity, and agriculture in…
By Gisella Cruz Garcia and Marcela Quintero (CIAT). It is now well established that it is imperative to understand how and under which circumstances ecosystem services contribute directly and indirectly to human well-being, including food security, n…
May 22, 2013 has been declared the International Day for Biological Diversity. The theme this year is “Water and Biodiversity”. WLE and partners have developed a series of materials to celebrate this day.
Almost 40 years ago, Revelle and Lakshminarayana (1975) coined the term “Ganges Water Machine” trying to find a solution to the fundamental problem of land and water development in the Ganges, where 80% of the monsoon-driven river flow occurs durin…
The 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit on Water Security and Water Related Disaster Challenges took place in Chiang Mai, Thailand from May 16-20th, 2013. The Summit brought leaders together from throughout the region to discuss water challenges and shar…
