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Overcoming Water Scarcity and Quality Constraints: Water and the Environment
[Overcoming Water Scarcity and Quality Constraints: Water and the Environment]
This brief begins with a discussion of the "functions (goods and services) that natural and semi-natural ecosystems provide to humankind", including regulatory, habitat and production functions, and Information, aesthetic, and spiritual functions.It discusses the decline of nature and water and proposes the use of an ecosystem approach to water management, which focuses on finding "integrated solutions for the variety of demands we place on our freshwater resources."
International Food Policy Research Institute
Language: Inglés
Format: HTML