Natürliche 'nasse' Moore sind von besonderer Bedeutung für den Klimaschutz, da sie große Mengen an organischem Kohlenstoff speichern. Entwässerte Moore wiederum emittieren diesen Kohlenstoff in Form von Kohlenstoffdioxid (CO2) in die Atmosphäre. Trotz eines geringen Flächenanteils von...

Ziel des Projektes war, gemeinsam mit land- und wasserwirtschaftlichen Behörden der Bundesländer ein bundesweit einheitliches, räumlich hochaufgelöstes Nährstoffmodell zu erstellen, um Informationsgrundlagen zu schaffen, welche unter anderem zur Erfüllung der Berichtspflichten der...

This Synthesis and Assessment Product focuses on the connection between the scientific ability to predict climate on seasonal scales and the opportunity to incorporate such understanding into water resource management decisions. It directly addresses decision support experiments and evaluations...

Climate change impacts vary significantly, depending on the scenario and the Global Circulation Model (GCM) chosen. This is particularly true for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses a comprehensive climate change scenario (CCC) based on ensembles of 17 GCMs selected based on their relative...

Concerns of the community needs to be taken into account for water resources development and management. The success of the National Water Policy will depend entirely on evolving and maintaining a national consensus and commitment to its underlying principles and objectives. To achieve the...

The Mekong is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand are considering plans to build eleven big hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the major fish migrations that feed and...