This brief highlights the need for adaptive management, underpinned by research, as essential for ensuring that infrastructure development remains ecologically sustainable and benefits communities reliant on fisheries.

This policy brief delves into the intricate nexus of agriculture, water, and GEDSI, presenting a comprehensive overview of why and how these principles should be seamlessly integrated across all stages of the project cycle.

This brief outlines the significance of spatial planning in water resource management, specifically in addressing habitat fragmentation and the challenges posed by fish passage barriers. Through advanced tools like the Fish Barrier Prioritization Support System (FBPSS), GIS technology is harnessed to efficiently identify, assess, and prioritize these barriers.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute, carried out detailed capacity assessments in seven countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The main objective of the assessments was to better understand water modelling capacities, and the extent to which modelling is used in policy development and implementation.

The purpose of this brief is to provide policy-makers and experts with an understanding of consumption-based water management (CBWM) so that they can consider whether it may – or may not – be possible to apply it in irrigation-dependent parts of Asia that are currently experiencing, or are expected to experience, over-extraction of water resources, in particular, groundwater

Irrigation benchmarking is a process of comparative analysis of irrigation performance that enables scheme managers to understand the performance of their irrigation services. In this policy brief Cambodia was selected as a country to pilot the transfer of key learnings from the Australian experience of irrigation performance benchmarking.

The main objective of this report is to develop an understanding of the dynamics of water scarcity across Asia–Pacific and how countries manage that scarcity—ultimately informing more effective management approaches that can be scaled across the region. The report is Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Australian Water Partnership.

This policy brief is based on extensive work carried out by FAO and FutureWater under the Asia Pacific Water Scarcity Programme (WSP). It clearly explains the complexities associated with efforts to increase water use efficiency and the importance of utilizing water accounting and consistent use of terminology in developing water management interventions

From reported water savings to practical implementation What drives decision-makers to change? - Farmers are interested in increasing their reliable income. - Extension agents are responsible for communicating research information to farmers. - Planners and policymakers are the priority target group for the ‘real water savings’ issue.