The Watersheds
of the World CD is a collaborative product of four organizations: IUCN-The
World Conservation Union, the International Water Management Institute
(IWMI), the Ramsar Convention Bureau, and the World Resources Institute
(WRI).
Research,
data compilation and map production:
Carmen Revenga, Project Manager (WRI)
Janet Nackoney, GIS Analyst (WRI)
Eriko Hoshino, Research Analyst (WRI)
Yumiko Kura, Research Analyst (WRI)
Jon Maidens, Data Analyst (WRI)
CD Production
and Design:
Elroy Bos: Project Coordinator (IUCN)
Leonard Chabloz: Graphic Designer (Independent Consultant)
Published
by:
IUCN, IWMI, Rasmar Convention Bureau and WRI
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Institute
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ISBN: 1-56973-548-8
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Acknowledgments
IUCN,
IWMI, Ramsar and WRI would like to thank the Netherlands’ Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the Water and Nature Initiative of IUCN, the Challenge
Program on Water and Food, and the Comprehensive Assessment of Water
Management in Agriculture for their in-kind and financial support to
the project.
Special thanks go
to the following institutions that provided key data and information:
BirdLife International, Conservation International’s Center for
Applied Biodiversity Science, the Species Survival Commission of IUCN,
and Wetlands International.
The authors would
also like to thank the following colleagues and collaborators for their
contributions and support: Dan Tunstall (WRI), Ger Bergkamp (IUCN),
David Molden (IWMI), Upali Amarasinghe (IWMI), Delmar Blasco (Ramsar),
Nick Davidson (Ramsar), Ania Grobicki (Challenge Program on Water and
Food), Mike Evans (BirdLife International), Simon Stuart (SSC/CABS),
Janice Long (CI/CABS), Rob Waller (CI/CABS), Scott Fraizer (Wetlands
International), Ellen Amting (Wetlands International), Ximing Cai (IFPRI),
David Dole (River Murray Water), David Coates (Bangladesh Fourth Fisheries
Project), Maria Jesus MacKinlay (consultant), and Theo Visser.
