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Water Resources

From pristine atolls in Pacific Island countries, to rivers and lakes of all shapes, sizes and temperaments in East, South and Southeast Asia, to the vast wetlands of the Mekong region, water resources remain vital to the survival of human communities. Read about how natural water resources are used and overused, and what ADB and developing countries are doing to preserve these gifts of nature.

Title Date
A Case of Watershed Development in Andhra Pradesh, India 2002
ADB’s Current Irrigation Projects 2009/10
Addressing Freshwater Conflicts: The LLDA Experience in Laguna de Bay 2004/11
Addressing Water and Poverty at the Grassroots: A Case Study of Area Water Partnerships and Women and Water Networks in Pakistan 2006/01
Border Residents Manage 'Mad' River 2005/12
Changes Introduce Indonesia to New Remedies to Old Maladies 2006/03
Changing Mindsets to Clean Rivers 2009/04
Downstream to Upstream Cleanup 2009/05
Farmers Rebuild Aceh’s Irrigation 2009/10
Farmers, Scientists Push for Aral-Friendly Cotton Variety 2006/08
Flood-Ready Marikina City 2008/10
Flourishing Local Innovation Keeps the Peace in Samut Songkram 2005/04
Forests Rising at Bottom of Aral Sea 2006/07
Getting to Know the Mekong Wetlands 2005/08
Guarding the River from Generation to Generation 2005/04
Integrated Watershed Management through People's Participation in Upper Mae Yom, Phayao Province, Thailand 2002
Mountain-River-Lake Integrated Water Resources Development Program, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China [ PDF ] 2004
National Regulator Takes Drastic Measures Against Big-Time Commercial Water Abusers 2006/07
NEWater: From Sewage to Safe 2008/12
Next Generation RBO—Preparing for a Hydropower Future 2007/04
Pakistan, India Join Hands to Clean Hudiara Drain 2006/03
Parliament Mulls over Selling Water to Uzbekistan 2006/12
People's Irrigation Communities (Muang Fai) Conservation and Development Project at Mae Klang Sub-River Basin 2002
Planning Pollution Control in Shandong Province's Hai River Basin 2006/05
Reconciling People and Nature 2004/12
Research and Water Rights as Keys to Sound Usage in Viet Nam 2006/08
Resuscitating the Pasig River 2009/04
River Waste Goes Up in Smoke And Helps Poor Fisherfolk in the Process 2005/09
Rural Water Institutions Flex Muscles for Sustainability 2008/08
Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection 2004/11
Sharing Water in Viet Nam 2004/10
Study Impels Urgent Irrigation Reforms 2009/10
Suzhou Creek’s Ecological Comeback 2005/10
Waste Threat Prompts Village Action 2008/01
Water for a Thirsty Atoll [ PDF ] 2004
Women Take the Field: Participatory Water Resources Development for Agriculture 2007/08
Women Water Warriors Bent on Saving Bangkok “Klong” 2006/05

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