With some 600 million Indians facing high to extreme water stress, ‘games’ offer vital insights for expanding self-governance to help people manage water more sustainably.
Why gender sensitive research requires a bottom-up approach that works directly with communities, rather than a top-down approach that fails to recognise the real-life consequences of entrenched gender norms.
The Plan is the result of a four-year study conducted by WLE/IWMI aiming to enhance policies and optimise the potential of groundwater resources in Laos.
Restoring artesian groundwater pressure in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone (CDZ) and developing strategies for its sustainable use is the focus of this new ACIAR-funded project.
In ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong, The New York Times explores the impacts of hydropower development on the Mekong region, featuring data gathered under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
A seminar on Sept. 7 raised discussion on how the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates.
The collapse of a dam in southeastern Laos triggered massive flooding that killed dozens and displaced thousands of people, bringing a renewed focus on hydroelectric dams in mainland Southeast Asia. In an email interview, Diana Suhardiman, a senior researcher at the International Water Management Institute, discusses the trade-offs associated with large-scale dam projects.
A hydropower dam failure in Southern Laos has destroyed villages and left many homeless or dead. WLE and IWMI researchers are offering assistance to the flood relief efforts.
Dr. Petra Schmitter at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and WLE leads a pilot project that could revolutionize farming in Myanmar's Central Dry Zone, one of the most food-insecure regions in the country.
“We should apply this model to the other 300 irrigation projects in the dry zone. Now many villagers in this area know how to use water more efficiently and there will no longer be disputes over the allocation of water in the near future”
A hydropower dam failure in Southern Laos has destroyed villages and left many homeless or dead. WLE and IWMI researchers are offering assistance to the flood relief efforts.
