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… to climate change and other natural resource pressures. 3. Farming for multiple benefits: optimizing the most desirable … types of fishing permitted; farmers plant crops during the dry season; and livestock herders have rights post-harvest, … early towns and cities. The landscapes of the neo-tropical dry forests of South America, for instance, played a pivotal …

… drylands have high mean temperatures and often prolonged dry seasons leading to high rates of water loss to … or water harvesting whilst others lie dormant through long dry spells, or move to find water elsewhere (Davies et al., … enhanced water availability; • Additional income from fish farming and increased agricultural activity; • Greening of …

… and Burkina Faso on a tributary of the Volta River in dry season – the river is the border Burkina-Ghana ‘Joint … to ensure that water is available in the floodplain for dry season vegetable farming and rice cultivation. An estimated 1,137 people now …

… replenishment of aquifers. The consequences of inaction in dry, ground- water-dependent regions will be stark, with … to streams, rivers, and wetlands sustaining flows through dry seasons and droughts. In some lowland catchments, … Urbanisation, industrialisation and intensification of farming practices have led to an escalating demand for …

… the wetter months, with bottling maintained during the dry months. For other companies, other changes will be … reverse effect this may cause, increasing water use in dry basins, and diverting attention and investment from … Water Week included discussion on target setting. Terrace farming, Nepal ©Pixabay …

… sources is therefore a crucially important part of their farming systems (Goote and Lefeber 2003). It allows them to … Many African farmers and herders intentionally set fire to dry savannah grasslands. Together with blazes touched off by … to health (UNEP 2004a). The storms originate in the dry regions of northern China and Mongolia and blow across …

… enough water is left in the river, particularly during dry periods, by controlling abstractions and diversions. Both … further havoc and once-healthy trees stand dying on the dry floodplain that used to be a seasonal wetland. … terms, for example the net benefits of hydropower or farming, or the cost of refurbishing a power plant. The price …

… and lower parts of the catchment, water scarcity in the dry season is problematic for agricultural production, … for processing coffee beans. In addition, intensive animal farming and a relatively dense population associated with … and banana industries pollute the water and larger-scale farming has degraded the land. Soil erosion resulting from …

… hotter and drier periods, especially toward the end of the dry season (May–October). However, the magnitude of this … water storage, which reduces groundwater recharge and dry-season flows, limiting options for coping with drought. … vulnerability. Activities included aquaculture (fish-farming), honey production and agro-ecology (community …

… for other domestic uses, such as washing and subsistence farming, as well as for commercial agriculture and industrial … the total water supplies available during normal, single-dry, and multiple- dry years within a 20-year projection that will meet the …