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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).
Click for direct access on https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2471305627791632400
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 30 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, http://www.irrigationaustralia.com.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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European satellites could help catch the next climate change disaster
17 January 2021 By using artificial intelligence and supercomputers, the first digital-twin simulations of earth could be ready by 2028.
Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics 16 January 2021 Carbon capture and storage involves the extraction of emissions from power plants and factories, condensing them, and then pumping the resulting carbon dioxide into underground stores.
Climate change spurring frog extinction: conservationists
16 January 2021 Three Central American frog species have gone extinct and many others may soon follow as their populations are ravaged by a fungus that is spreading faster because of climate change.
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Global population hit by extreme drought set to double
18 January 2021 The possible consequences came sharply into view when reservoirs supplying Cape Town, South Africa - a city of 3.7 million - ran dry in early 2018 after a multi-year drought.
13 January 2021 Poor rainfall has led to the country’s most severe drought in a decade and left the megacity of 17 million people with critically low levels of water.
Humanitarian crisis looms in Madagascar amid drought and pandemic
12 January 2021 Part of the current crisis is linked to Madagascar’s vulnerability to climate shocks, a problem it shares with the southern African region.
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50-year-old Nile dam altered lives
18 January 2021 The dam's construction changed the very landscape of Egypt. It spared the farmers from seasonal droughts and flooding.
What Japan’s disaster-proofing strategies can teach the world
13 January 2021 The 2011 Tohoku earthquake, which triggered a massive tsunami and a meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, killed more than 15,000 people.
Thailand: Yala dam reduces overflow to lessen flood in Pattani
12 January 2021 Pattani province, southern Thailand, has been flooded for days with water from Bang Lang dam in Yala province, as the dam had to release a huge volume of water into the Pattani river.
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Climate change may contribute more to greater child malnutrition than poverty and poor sanitation: study
17 January 2021 UN says 144 million children under five were affected by stunting in 2019 as a result of chronic malnutrition, with a further 47 million suffering from wasting caused by low nutrient intake.
Future of food: exploring challenges to global food systems
15 January 2021
Food wastage is common across all stages of the food chain. Nearly 13.8% of food is lost in supply chains from harvesting to transport to storage to processing.
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FAO helps Iranian farmers to improve productivity
13 January 2021
Covering 80,000 hectares of farmlands and hosting nearly 30,000 irrigators, the Qazvin Irrigation Network suffers from several challenges.
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Challenges in establishing eco-cities within urban agglomeration
Five things to know about desalination
11 January 2021
Globally, 80 per cent of wastewater – whether it is the toxic brine generated by desalination or other types of waste - ends up in seas, rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
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IUCN World Conservation Congress Conference
IUCN World Conservation Congress Conference schedule 3 – 11 September 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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