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• Grow in Concert with Nature : Sustaining East Asia's Water Resources through Green Water Defense

  Turner, Graeme; Li, Xiaokai; Jiang, Liping (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012-07-02)

  As countries develop, the demand for water increases while water supply becomes less certain and is often not enough to meet demand. In general, pressures from both environment and human activities can increase the likelihood of water scarcity. Such pressures include increased socio-economic development and population growth, change in people's diets, competition for available water among different user sectors and growing climate variability. Climate change is likely to exacerbate the existing demand and supply stresses, particularly when more frequent and extreme droughts and floods, as well as rising sea level are becoming more evident. In temperate, sub-temperate regions, less rainfall and longer dry seasons are expected. In tropical areas, rainfall is predicted to be similar or greater in terms of annual average volumes, more intense and severe storms and seasonal droughts (IPCC, 2007). These pressures will test the effectiveness of water resource management systems in providing a consistent and secure water supply for all users, with minimum externalities. This study will assess advances in management practices, institutional and technological innovations for managing water scarcity sustainably under a changing climate. This study of 'sustaining East Asia's water resources through Green Water Defense (GWD) is a sub-study of the 'towards GWD in East Asia' study and is complemented by another sub-study 'green water defense for flood risk management in East Asia' that focuses on flood management in delta regions.
• VIDEO: Session 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions, and Session 5: The Future of our Public Lands

  Theobald, Dave; Culver, Nada; Birdsong, Brett; Leshy, John D.; Lance, Linda; Dombeck, Mike (Colorado Law Scholarly Commons, 2016-10-21)

  VIDEO: 2:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. SESSION 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions Moderator and Commentator: Mark Squillace, University of Colorado School of Law Panelists: Dave Theobald, Conservation Science Partners Nada Culver, The Wilderness Society Bret Birdsong, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law 4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. SESSION 5: The Future of our Public Lands Panelists: John D. Leshy, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Linda Lance, Bureau of Land Management (Invited) Mike Dombeck, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
• Managing Public Debt : From Diagnostics to Reform Implementation

  World Bank (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012-05-30)

  Managing Public Debt will serve
 government officials contemplating or in the process of
 reforming their practices, providers of technical
 assistance, and practitioners working on building capacity
 in public debt management. Because effective implementation
 of debt management strategies also requires a developed
 domestic government debt market, readers will also be
 interested in the companion volume, Developing the Domestic
 Government Debt Market, published by The World Bank in
 February 2007, based on the same joint pilot program.