UKZN Centre developing tomorrow's water resource champions

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Skills development and fodder. Whilst the imperative for development is clear, it is equally clear that Africa needs to develop its soil, land and water resources in a sustainable way and that this requires rigorous scientific input to inform policy, strong governance systems to ensure sound decision making and enhanced human capacity. It is with the intention of providing the education and training of individuals and the technological advances to meet these challenges that the CWRR was established in 2012 out of a cohesive group of academics specialising in hydrology and water resources research since 1984. It is also since that time that the group has collaborated on WRCfunded research. The Centre undertakes waterrelated research across a range of topics. Broadly, these are arranged as earth observation and hydrological process studies; model development and application (including design flood estimation); agricultural water use; global change and water resources (including land use and climate change) as well as water resources governance.

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