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- A country profile of Malaysia, discussing topics such as geography, climate, population, economy, agriculture, water resources and water use, irrigation and drainage development, and water management. Relevant information sources are provided. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/MYS/index.stm
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- A fact sheet about Malaysia, containing information about land and population, water resources, water withdrawal and water managed areas. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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- A calendar of crop irrigation in Malaysia showing areas irrigated each month in 1996 for several different crops. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_use_agr/CC_PDF/CC_MYS.pdf
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- A description of irrigation areas in Malaysia, with a general overview, references where applicable, and a list of the irrigated areas, including size in hectares. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/irrigationmap/mys/index.stm
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- A fact sheet providing information about renewable water resources in Malaysia, broken down by internal and external renewable water resources, and a summary total. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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- This report introduces groundwater as a resource and describes the important role of groundwater in the domestic, industrial and agricultural water supply. It highlights some key challenges to this supply, including climate change and excessive abstraction, and goes on to make a number of suggestions for policies and governance strategies that would safeguard this critical supply of water. It also provides some case studies from developing countries that support the implementation of groundwater management initiatives. This report was published by the World Bank in 2012.
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- Marcus Wijnen; Benedicte Augeard; Bradley Hiller; Christopher Ward; Patrick Huntjens
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17228
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- This study examined the pollution of natural water sediments by organic pollutants (environmental hormones, persistent organic pollutants (POPs)). It also considered the distribution and degradation of these pollutants. The article was published in the Journal of Geography and Geology Vol. 3, No. 1; September 2011.
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- Haiyuan Qiu
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- Canadian Center of Science and Education
- http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jgg/article/view/11997
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- This report describes the important role that coastal wetland and near-shore marine ecosystems can play in mitigating the effects of climate change. It introduces the characteristics and dynamics of these ecosystems and then goes on to make a number of recommendations for climate change mitigation activities in these areas. This report was published by the World Bank in 2011.
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- Stephen Crooks; Dorothée Herr; Jerker Tamelander; Dan Laffoley; Justin Vandever
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18318
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- This paper reports on a training workshop on modernization of irrigation management organized in 2007 with a focus on the Gadorinala and Bennithora projects in India. It aims to highlight ways that policy-makers can ensure that diagnosis and solutions are investigated properly in modernization projects, to suggest some specific strategies to managers of the Gandorinala and Bennithora projects on how they should start the management and operation of these new irrigation systems and to introduce a progressive modernization plan with some initial steps taken for monitoring.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap436e/ap436e.pdf
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- This paper reports on a training workshop on modernization of irrigation management organized in 2007 with a focus on the Hemavathi project in India. It aims to highlight ways that policy-makers can ensure that diagnosis and solutions are investigated properly in modernization projects, to suggest some specific strategies to managers of the Hemavathi project on how they should conceptualize the modernization of irrigation management and to introduce the MASSCOTE and RAP exercises.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap435e/ap435e.pdf
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- A country profile of Myanmar, discussing topics such as geography, climate, population, economy, agriculture, water resources and water use, irrigation and drainage development, and water management. Relevant information sources are provided. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/MMR/index.stm
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- A fact sheet about Myanmar, containing information about land and population, water resources, water withdrawal and water managed areas. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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- A calendar of crop irrigation in Myanmar showing areas irrigated each month in 2006 for a number of different crops. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_use_agr/CC_PDF/CC_MMR.pdf
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- A description of irrigation areas in Myanmar, with a general overview, references where applicable, and a list of the irrigated areas, including size in hectares. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/irrigationmap/mmr/index.stm
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- A fact sheet providing information about renewable water resources in Myanmar, broken down by internal and external renewable water resources, and a summary total. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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- This report presents a framework for investors and analysts to assess the risk of impacts from water-related issues, including growing water scarcity and declining water quality, on thermal and hydroelectric power generation plants, focusing particularly on publicly listed power generation companies in India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
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- Amanda Sauer; Piet Klop; Sumeet Agrawal
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/over-heating
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- This report analyzes the vulnerability of rural populations of southern Bangladesh to the future impacts of climate change and assesses the potential of an index-based insurance scheme, designed diversification and better information products to improve adaptive capacity. This is assessed through a study of the vulnerability of people in four villages that are experiencing different levels of soil salinity. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2012.
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- M. Braun; M. Saroar
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_3448.pdf
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- A country profile of the Philippines, discussing topics such as geography, climate, population, economy, agriculture, water resources and water use, irrigation and drainage development, and water management. Relevant information sources are provided. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/PHL/index.stm
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- A fact sheet about the Philippines, containing information about land and population, water resources, water withdrawal and water managed areas. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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- A calendar of crop irrigation in the Philippines showing areas irrigated each month in 2006 for a number of different crops. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_use_agr/CC_PDF/CC_PHL.pdf
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- A description of irrigation areas in the Philippines, with a general overview, references where applicable, and a list of the irrigated areas, including size in hectares. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/irrigationmap/phl/index.stm
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- A fact sheet providing information about renewable water resources in the Philippines, broken down by internal and external renewable water resources, and a summary total. The resource forms part of the AQUASTAT global information system on water and agriculture, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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- This study examines the effect of the consumption of arsenic-contaminated drinking water (arsenicosis) at school and at home on the cognitive achievement of children in rural Bangladesh. This document, Policy Research Working Paper 4510, was published by The World Bank in February 2008.
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- Mohammad Niaz Asadullah; Nazmul Chaudhury
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6371
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- This article attempts to determine the long-term productivity and sustianability of irrigated agriculture in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs by measuring trends in total factor productivity for production systems in both states since the advent of the Green Revolution. This article was published by WorldBank in 2001.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17123
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- This report examines the land-based sources and activities that affect the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment including the most serious problems of alteration and destruction of habitats and ecosystems, effects of sewage on human health, widespread and increased eutrophication, declines of fish stocks and other renewable resources and changes in sediment flows due to hydrological changes. It was published in 2001.
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- GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/UNIDO/WMO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection)
- http://www.gesamp.org/publications/publicationdisplaypages/rs71
