Land, water, and people. It is the most basic and traditional of relationships, yet today the relationship has become so complex that we find ourselves ill-equipped to understand all of its interconnections and to plan a future that is sustainable. The Global Land Project (GLP), established in 2006, aims at improving the understanding and modelling of the effects of human actions on natural processes of the terrestrial biosphere. The Global Water System Project (GWSP) was launched in 2004 to foster understanding of how human actions are changing the global water system and what environmental and socio-economic feedbacks arise from the anthropogenic changes in that system. In this summary, we examine conclusions of the two projects related to the issue of floods and droughts, and offer key findings and recommendations to decision-makers as they target some of the crucial environment and development policy challenges that lie ahead for the 21st century.
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Land, water, and people. It is the most basic and traditional of relationships, yet today the relationship has become so complex that we find ourselves ill-equipped to understand all of its interconnections and to plan a future that is sustainable. The Global Land Project (GLP), established in 2006, aims at improving the understanding and modelling of the effects of human actions on natural processes of the terrestrial biosphere. The Global Water System Project (GWSP) was launched in 2004 to foster understanding of how human actions are changing the global water system and what environmental and socio-economic feedbacks arise from the anthropogenic changes in that system. In this summary, we examine conclusions of the two projects related to the issue of floods and droughts, and offer key findings and recommendations to decision-makers as they target some of the crucial environment and development policy challenges that lie ahead for the 21st century.
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Source: IHDP