Agriculture, water, and ecosystems: Avoiding the costs of going too far

Water for Food Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 233-278

  Falkenmark, Malin ^a   Finlayson, C Max ^b   Gordon, Line J ^c   Bennett, Elena M ^d   Chiuta, Tabeth Matiza ^d   Coates, David ^e   Ghosh, Nilanjan ^d   Gopalakrishnan, M ^d   de Groot, Rudolf S ^d   Jacks, Gunnar ^d   Kendy, Eloise ^d   Oyebande, Lekan ^d   Moore, Michael ^d   Peterson, Garry D ^d   Portuguez, Jorge Mora ^d   Seesink, Kemi ^d   Tharme, Rebecca ^d   Wasson, Robert ^f  

^a Stockholm International Water Institute   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^d Convention on Biological Diversity ^*

^e UN Convention on Biological Diversity   (Canada)

^f CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849773799     Document Type: Chapter

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