Sentences with phrase «scale water management»

The green revolution in the 1960s was a package of technologies that included high - yield variety seeds combined with fertilizer and small - scale water management.

Not exact matches

Management of non-point source pollution is of great importance in the context of coffee agriculture, as this land use often coincides with headwater streams that influence water quality at the basin scale.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder seeks the efficient, effective and transparent management of the Commonwealth environmental water portfolio to maximise environmental outcomes at a Basin - scale and over the long - Water Holder seeks the efficient, effective and transparent management of the Commonwealth environmental water portfolio to maximise environmental outcomes at a Basin - scale and over the long - water portfolio to maximise environmental outcomes at a Basin - scale and over the long - term.

It comprehensively discusses all of the challenges of dealing with flood risk and water management in large - scale and complex environments; and it is essential reading for all water management professionals and government officials seeking to manage and mitigate the risk of future flooding.

The scientists took into account a number of very different concrete water management options, from low - tech solutions for smallholders to the industrial scale.

Sustainable water management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling.

Water research needs to get down to the management scale; for basic research that means they need to scale up and for global research that means they need to scale down, because we need to get to a scale where things are relevant to people and to management — the regional, national and global scenarios of this initiative will help with this if they concentrate on not just sticking to the global scale, but really getting down to the people.»

Following the sixth goal of the SDGs for 2030, which seeks to ensure available and sustainable water management, the creation of a World Water Tribunal aims to control, evaluate, monitor, and implement water policies at the local, regional, and national swater management, the creation of a World Water Tribunal aims to control, evaluate, monitor, and implement water policies at the local, regional, and national sWater Tribunal aims to control, evaluate, monitor, and implement water policies at the local, regional, and national swater policies at the local, regional, and national scale.

For example, while it is not currently possible to reliably project specific changes at the catchment scale, there is high confidence that changes in climate have the potential to seriously affect water management systems.

Invest in support small - scale agriculture, energy efficient buildings, fisheries protection, forestry, energy efficient transportation, better waste management and recycling, low carbon energy, better water use practices.

That different path includes minimizing further forest conversions, rehabilitating large - scale degraded eco-systems (the Loess Plateau story is a great example), climate smart agriculture with sustainable land, nutrient, water and carbon management practices, etc..

And of course existing techniques for load management such as pumped storage (sending water uphill when electricity is plentiful; using a downhill flow later to drive a generator) can be scaled up.

The recent mortality of up to 20 % of forests and woodlands in the southwestern United States, along with declining stream flows and projected future water shortages, heightens the need to understand how management practices can enhance forest resilience and functioning under unprecedented scales of drought and wildfire.

The meeting served as a platform to identify current uses of climate information in water management and to provide an overview at which scales climate information has the greatest potential for use now and the near future.

Mr. McDonough's approach was not only greener but cheaper, coming in at $ 15 million versus more than triple that sum for a comparably scaled conventional water - management system, according to McDonough's firm.