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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 …

… promoting tourism and fisheries in the lake; increasing dry season irrigation in the downstream reaches from the … modern administrators, but can more easily be applied by farming or urban households. The following sections use case … – monsoon flows that are now regulated and released in the dry season when river flows are low – were conducted: the …

… 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 …

… on the surface of the earth. baseflow: the sustained or dry weather flow of a stream resulting from the outflow of … and from the drainage of lakes and swamps during dry weather; also included are water from glaciers, snow and … of capture fisheries (fishing) and aquaculture (fish farming). The value of inland fisheries is often …

… 3.1.2 Savannah dry forest rivers … 5.1.3 Savannah dry forest rivers and inner Niger delta … and pollution, plus deforestation associated with farming and human population increases. Some parts of its … of its stream habitat from deforestation associated with farming and human population increases. No conservation …

… of economic activities, from fishing and subsistence farming to intensive rice cultivation. At the Regional … over the entire basin. Seasons will shift, with the dry season lasting longer and experiencing even less … droughts with low-rainfall monsoons in summer and normal dry winters that lead to low yields outside irrigated areas. …

… 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 …

… this use is still minor in Africa. Environmental function Dry season river baseflow is maintained by groundwater … in the rainy season and de- creases baseflow in the dry season. Such baseflow may be of critical importance … as well as the necessary enabling factors associated with farming, e.g. access to energy, credit, agricultural inputs, …