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Ecosystem Services: What they are, why they are important and how do we value and manage them
Our health and wellbeing depends upon the services provided by ecosystems and their components: water, soil, nutrients and organisms. Ecosystem services are the processes by which the environment produces resources utilized ...
Managing Scarce Water Resources in Irrigated Drylands of Central Asia
Central Asian farmers use the Soviet era-developed method of irrigation which divides the irrigated areas in Hydro Module Zones (HMZ). Each HMZ has a set of crop-specific recommendations for irrigation based on a) soil ...
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan - Project Briefs
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan - Project Briefs
Water management
Agriculture is the largest user of the world's freshwater resources, consuming 70% of the available supply (UNW-DPAC 2011). As the world's population rises and consumes more food, and industries as well as urban developments ...
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan - Images
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan - Project Images