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USAID Asia CTIP Newsletter – First Edition – June 2018
CONTENTS Regional: Engaging the Private Sector Regional: Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group Tracks Results Bangladesh: Orienting Judicial Officers on Victims’ Rights Cambodia: A Young Man’s Journey from Monk to Mechanic Nepal: Workshop on Strengthening Shelter Services Nepal: Photo Exhibition to Give Voices to Male Trafficking Survivors Cambodia: Cambodia Youth Empower Rural Communities USAID CTIP Programs […]
Tanzania Water Resources Profile
Tanzania is considered to be water abundant, however, heterogeneous climate and geology contribute to significant seasonal, interannual, and geographic variability in water availability and water quality challenges.
Senegal Water Resources Profile
Most renewable water supply is derived from surface water in five main drainage basins: the Senegal River, Gambia River, Casamance River, the Kayanga River, and the Sine Saloum. All of the basins flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
Mali Water Resources Profile
Mali has three main river basins: the Niger (47 percent), Senegal (11 percent) and Volta (1 percent). Approximately 41 percent of the country is in the Sahara Desert.
Madagascar Water Resources Profile
Madagascar is water abundant and is not considered water stressed at a national scale; however, there are regional water availability and water quality challenges.
Kenya Water Resources Profile Overview
Five basins account for 90 percent of Kenya’s total annual renewable supply. An estimated 75 percent of surface water originates as precipitation runoff from five “water towers” in central and western Kenya.
Afghanistan Water Resources Profile
Afghanistan manages its surface waters through five basins: Kabul, Helmand, Harirud-Murghab, Northern, and Amu Darya.
SUCCESS STORY: Increasing access to information about climate change
Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. The densely populated coastal areas are exposed to tropical storms and saltwater intrusion, while increasing temperatures and worsening droughts and floods threaten food security and livelihoods. Although general awareness about climate change is growing, access to detailed and up-to-date information on […]
WESTool Success Story
USAID Supporting Forests and Biodiversity (SFB) in Cambodia developed the Watershed Ecosystem Service Tool. The WESTool is an online spatial planning tool with various layers of maps that allow users to interactively explore trends in regional land use change, evaluate the impact of past and future development on multiple ecosystem services, and weigh risks and […]