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Advanced river flow management vital to facing climate challenge
Improved river flow management will be vital to protecting communities from the worst impacts of climate change and to achieving international goals on poverty reduction, according to a new report issued on the eve of World Water Week.
River managers plan a bleak water future for Europe
An ambitious European scheme to fix and safeguard its rivers and secure its water future is at risk of being undermined by poor and inadequate plans for water management prepared by EU countries, a new study by WWF and European Environment Bureau (EEB) has found.
Improving sugarcane cultivation in India
Scarcity of freshwater is affecting the productivity and profitability of sugarcane growers and millers in India. One of the world's thirstiest crops, approximately 25,000 kg of water is needed to produce 100 kg of sugarcane. Unless farmers are introduced to new methods for producing higher yields using much less water, the country will find it difficult to meet the growing demand for sugar.
Amur-Heilong River Basin
It is strange that the Amur-Heilong River is still unknown to the modern world, being one of the 10 largestrivers on Earth. Even its name conveys mystique and legend from historic times. European world maps use thename Amur, whereas China uses the name Heilongjiang, or “Black Dragon River”, for the same river.
Lake Bogoria Policy Brief 1_08
Local communities living along the Waseges River – the main tributary to Lake Bogoria – are dependent on the river for their livelihood. Both upstream and downstream communities depend on the river for agriculture, the main activity for food production. The last few years have seen an increase in irrigated agriculture, in some cases resulting in over-abstraction of river water with water hardly reaching the communities downstream.
Wetlands Management Guide
Four international organizations with a long record of water conservation have partnered to produce a comprehensive reference for water and wetland managers.
Cleaner, greener cotton: Impacts and better management practices
This report shows how WWF is working to address the key environmental and social issues associated with cotton farming, focusing on making the water-intensive crop sustainable.
More Rice with Less Water: SRI - System of Rice Intensification
A new WWF report highlights the relationship between rice, food security and water scarcity; and examines the contribution that the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) can make to address various challenges.
WWF Water Scorecard
WWF often measures governments against their word and reports on the state of the environment. This scorecard tallies some of WWF’s successes in stemming the water crisis, and adds to a legacy of water-saving approaches for a living planet.