Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance

R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Richard Davis, John Williams, Guobin Fu, Michele Warburton, Bradley Udall, Ronnie McKenzie, Xiubo Yu, Nhu Che, Daniel Connell, Qiang Jiang, Tom Kompas, Amanda Lynch, Richard Norris, Hugh Possingham and John Quiggin
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Jamie Pittock: Crawford School (Building 132), Lennox Crossing, The Australian National University
John Williams: Crawford School (Building 132), Lennox Crossing, The Australian National University
Guobin Fu: CSIRO Land and Water
Michele Warburton: University of Kwa Zulu Natal
Bradley Udall: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado
Ronnie McKenzie: WRP Pty. Ltd
Xiubo Yu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nhu Che: Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics
Qiang Jiang: Crawford School (Building 132), Lennox Crossing, The Australian National University
Amanda Lynch: Environmental Change Initiative
Richard Norris: University of Canberra, University Drive
Hugh Possingham: The University of Queensland

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 315-321

Abstract: The high levels of water extraction from the Colorado, Murray, Orange and Yellow rivers are shown to be the main cause of reduced flows in these systems. Changes in governance are urgently required to preserve the health of these rivers, especially in light of the present and future impacts of climate change.

Date: 2013
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