Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: Environmental Policy Collectionhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/ESDC/browse/?fq=untl_institution:UNT&fq=str_location_country:Bangladesh&fq=str_location_country:Sri+Lanka&sort=default2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: Environmental Policy CollectionFreshwater Under Threat: South Asia2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28587/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28587/"><img alt="Freshwater Under Threat: South Asia" title="Freshwater Under Threat: South Asia" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28587/small/"/></a></p><p>This report focuses on three major South Asian river basins: the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin, the Helmand River Basin, and the Indus River Basin. The authors use a composite Water Vulnerability Index based on development pressures, ecology, and other factors, to demonstrate the vulnerability of the river basins.</p>Our Planet, Special Edition, 20072010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28525/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28525/"><img alt="Our Planet, Special Edition, 2007" title="Our Planet, Special Edition, 2007" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28525/small/"/></a></p><p>Magazine of the United Nations Environment Programme discussing worldwide environmental policies and other concerns. This issue is devoted to agriculture, particularly in developing countries. Traditional methods of agricultural intensification can degrade sanitation and public health, while increasing carbon emissions.</p>