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A Webinar on “General challenges of irrigation scheme management under different scales with special consideration of institutional and organizational aspects of system management’’ by A. HAFIED A. GANY will be held on 21 January 2021 at 17:30 (IST).
International Journal on Irrigation and Drainage Online Issue 69.5, December 2020 published.
Click for direct access on http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1531-0361.
ICID's Important Events Rescheduled
Due to prevailing Covid-19 conditions worldwide, in consultation with the host National Committees and the Central office, the Management Board decided to reschedule ICID's upcoming events as follows.
72nd IEC Meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC): The 72nd IEC meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC) will be held during 22-29 September 2021 in Marrakesh, Morroco. Young Professional's Training Program (YP-TP) will be held along with the 5th African Regional Conference. Exact dates and further details will be announced as and when available.
73rd IEC Meeting and 24th ICID Congress: 73rd IEC meeting and 24th ICID Congress will be held from 29 May to 6 June 2022 in Adelaide, Australia, hosted by Irrigation Australia Ltd., & Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID). For more information, please contact Mr. Bryan Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL) (Incorporating IACID); Email: bryan.ward@irrigation.org.au, info@irrigation.org.au.
74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4): 74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) will be held during 16-22 April 2023 in Beijing China.
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75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress
75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress will be held in November 2023, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India
10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC):10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC) will be held in September 2022 in Agadir, Morocco, as a stand-alone event. Final Dates to be announced later.
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Hundreds of Pacific Islands are getting bigger despite global warming
8 January 2021 Scientists found atolls in the Pacific nations of Marshall Islands & Kiribati, as well as the Maldives archipelago in the Indian Ocean, have grown up to 8 per cent in size over the past six decades despite sea level rise.
Oldest, thickest Arctic ice could fall victim to global warming, research finds
8 January 2021 Last year, Arctic sea ice shrunk to its second-lowest summertime level since satellites began measuring changes in the ice 42 years ago.
Will global warming bring a change in the winds? dust from the deep sea provides a clue
6 January 2021 The westerly winds play an important role in weather and climate both locally and on a global scale, by influencing precipitation patterns, impacting ocean circulation and steering tropical cyclones.
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Istanbul’s drought raises ‘rain bomb’ debate among experts
10 January 2021
As Turkey’s most populous city faces an imminent drought due to a low volume of rainfall and increased consumption amid the ongoing pandemic.
Extreme 14th century droughts may provide insight into our climate change crisis
9 January 2021 During the early 14th century, north and south regions all over Medieval Europe appear to have see-sawed between extreme rainfall and extreme drought.
A year with historical drought 8 January 2021 The year 2020 will leave a historic milestone for the Mekong Delta agriculture sector with drought, saltwater intrusion and natural disaster response.
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Flood-resistant oyster reefs may soon return to Mission Bay
10 January 2021 Oyster reefs could help fight the impact of predicted sea level rise, which is a major threat to Mission Bay because of its location just east of the Pacific Ocean.
More than 48,000 people evacuated in Malaysia to escape floods
8 January 2021
More than 48,000 people in six Malaysian states were sheltering in 400 relief centres to escape rising floodwaters as monsoon rain continued to lash parts of the country.
Hunger looms large in flood-ravaged South Sudan 5 January 2021 Food production South Sudan is often affected either by floods of drought, as well as pockets of conflicts that still go on in some parts of the country.
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COVID-19 caused food insecurity to soar, but climate change will be much worse 6 January 2021
One in 33 people will require humanitarian aid to meet basic needs like food and water in 2021, a rise of 40% from these year.
The key to food security is crop diversification
5 January 2021 Studies propose crop diversification as a robust risk management strategy to increase production and food security.
Gender equality and food security in rural South Asia: a holistic approach to the SDGs 4 January 2021 In South Asia, food security and nutrition have not improved significantly despite the region’s economic growth.
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Making India's agricultural sector self-reliant and pandemic proof
8 January 2021
India has the second-largest irrigated area in the world after China, only one-third of India’s harvested area is under proper irrigation.
Water education for sustainability and food security
5 January 2021
Water is one of the most vital resources in agriculture that plays role in enhancing food production to meet the demand of growing population.
In many parts of the world, the ground is literally Sinking
5 January 2021
Extracting underground natural resources is causing land to sink in on itself, which will put 635 million people at risk by 2040.
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2020 underscored the importance of accessible land, healthy waters
10 January 2021
Lack of uniform clean water standards puts the health of our lakes and rivers at risk, not to mention human health from contaminated groundwater from inadequately regulated agricultural and industrial practices that impact our waters.
Tackling data center water usage Challenges amid historic droughts, wildfires
8 January 2021
The seven-year-long California drought that ended in early 2019 and the wildfires that ensued are just two recent events that have cast a spotlight on the far-reaching consequences of worsening water shortages.
Is Israel’s scarcity of water a blessing in disguise?
7 January 2021
Israel is a small country on the edge of the desert with scant amounts of water, yet today it is considered a water superpower.
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IUCN World Conservation Congress Conference
IUCN World Conservation Congress Conference schedule 7 – 15 January 2021 in Marseille, France
The fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly
The fifth session of the UNEA schedule 22 -26 February 2021, Nairobi, Kenya
Hellenic Open University presents meeting on Sustainable Waste Technology Management
Patras Greece, March 2021
2022 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)
The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC is expected to take place from 7-18 November 2022, at a location to be determined.
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Increasing the benefits and sustainability of irrigation through the integration of fisheries
FAO, WorldFish, and IWMI
This guide jointly published by FAO, the International Water Management Institute, and WorldFish, focuses on how to sustainably optimize and broaden the range of benefits from irrigation development - not only economic but also social and environmental benefits. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb2025en
Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus
World Health Organisation
Environmental surveillance by testing of wastewater for evidence of pathogens has a long history of use in public health, particularly for poliovirus1 and more recently antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water
The powerful electrochemical process destroys water contaminants, such as pesticides. Wastewater is a significant environmental issue. Researchers say the technology could be readily applied to the wine industry, paper processing, and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
New series of FAO & UN
Policy and Field Guides to improve water productivity in small scale agriculture
The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco & Uganda
UN World Water Development Report
Water & Climate Change
The 2020 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR 2020) entitled ‘Water and Climate Change’ aims at helping the water community to tackle the challenges of climate change and informing the climate change community about the opportunities that improved water management offers in terms of adaptation and mitigation.
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