Use environmental assessments
River basin organisations need to enforce policies to prevent water pollution and use environmental assessments to understand and mitigate impacts of agriculture, livestock and aquaculture to produce more food without affecting water resources and aquatic ecosystems
Need characteristics
Societal challenges
- Food Security
Themes
Use Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) to understand and mitigate impacts of human activities on water resources
Task/Job
- Agriculture and livestock production and management
Pain
- Fish farms impacts on water quality
- Poor enforcement
Gain
- Availability of livelihood alternatives
- Increase agriculture and livestock production and resilience to climate change
- Reduce and manage environmental impacts from food production
Simplified climate and water scenarios
- Dryer
- Wetter
- Wetter & Dryer