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"Not a single drop of water received from rain should be allowed to escape into the sea without being utilized for human benefit"
King Parakramabahu (1153-1186AD)
Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is a participatory planning and implementation process, based on sound science, which brings together stakeholders to determine how to meet society’s short-term and long-term needs for water while maintaining essential ecological services and economic benefit.
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Dialogue on River Sand and Clay Mining Awareness Program for Government Officers Gender and Water Dialogue
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IWRM assumes that water is a crucial factor in a sustaina- -ble development. The ideas of IWRM, however, not alien to Sri Lankan who are the inheritors of one of the world's foremost hydraulic civilization in the pre Christian era. However capacity building with enhanced knowledge has to be continued with present scenarios in the water sector
Cap-Net Lanka as a country partner of global Cap-Net (www.cap-net.org) is mandated to enhance human resources development for IWRM through strengthening and establishment of local and regional networks to deliver education, training, and conducting research for improved management of water resources.
Host Institutions:
Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture - [PGIA]
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
