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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Oceania, Africa, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Central America, South America, Caribbean

    This paper on Water for Rural Development is divided into two parts. The first part outlines the most important issues from IWMI's point of view on water for rural development, with a focus on developing countries. This part identifies, discusses and provides recommendations for key areas for interventions in water resources development and management in the context of rural development. The second part of the document provides analyses of present and future water resources in the World Bank's defined regions.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa

    More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    France, Israel, Germany, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Asia

    A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Malta, Japan, Zambia, Malaysia, Sweden, Guatemala, Italy, Indonesia, Netherlands, Canada, Congo, Iran, Brazil, New Zealand

    Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 REP

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Angola, Dominica, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Cuba, Congo, Venezuela, Benin, Costa Rica, Colombia, Bahamas, Lesotho, Albania, Australia, Argentina, India, Senegal, Chad, Austria

    Meeting symbol/code: COFO 1999 REP

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Egypt, Nigeria, United States of America, Singapore, Vietnam, Somalia, France, China, Eritrea, Botswana, Haiti, Guinea, Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia

    This publication is a set of practical guidelines and norms for field project engineers for the design and building of small hydraulic structures using earth and gabions. This publication would be useful in designing small earth dams with a gabion spillway, intake weirs for gravity irrigation schemes, groynes, river bed training works and for protection against hydraulic erosion.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    France, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Germany, China, Indonesia, Australia, Burkina Faso, Italy, Thailand, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Myanmar, Tanzania, Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil

    The paper briefly reviews the mandates and main activities of some major governmental and non-governmental international organizations concerned with the management of forest genetic resources, and the role that such organizations play in this field. It is noted that national forest genetic programmes will continue to constitute the building blocks of regional and global programmes, but that these can be usefully complemented by harmonization of action at international level.

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