Environmental Guidelines for Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 2

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Ecosystems Division
dc.contributor.other	Ahmad, Yusuf
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-02T17:17:38Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-02T17:17:38Z
dc.date.issued	1982
dc.description	Since the dawn of civilization irrigation has played an important role in helping man satisfy the most basic of all his needs the need for food. However, the impact of irrigation projects is not exclusively beneficial, and when assessing the viability of such a project the adverse consequences must also be taken into consideration. The purpose of this document is to highlight the most serious of these consequences, which can be most damaging to the fragile and delicately balanced ecosystems that characterize the arid and semi-arid regions, so that full account may be taken of the necessary preventive or remedial actions that must be incorporated into any well-planned irrigation scheme, if the benefits gained are not to prove illusory.	en
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.isbn	92 807 1052 4
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29040
dc.language	English
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	arid zone
dc.subject	irrigation
dc.subject	water resource
dc.subject	environmental aspect
dc.subject	guideline
dc.title	Environmental Guidelines for Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 2	en
dc.type	Technical guideline

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