Policy and investment priorities to reduce environmental degradation of the Lake Nicaragua watershed (Cocibolca) : addressing key environmental challenges (English)

This study, policy and investment priorities to reduce environmental degradation of the Lake Nicaragua watershed, has assessed the sources and the magnitude of the pressures that threaten Lake Cocibolca. It was accomplished by applying a hydrological and land use model to the lake's watershed and by conducting additional estimates of nutrients generated from wastewater sources and tilapia farming. The study has confirmed that sediment loads are very...

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Klytchnikova, Irina I.;

Cestti, Rita E.;

Escurra;
Document Date
2013/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
76886
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2013/04/23
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Policy and investment priorities to reduce environmental degradation of the Lake Nicaragua watershed (Cocibolca) : addressing key environmental challenges
Keywords
Environment and Natural Resources

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Klytchnikova, Irina I.; Cestti, Rita E.; Escurra.

Policy and investment priorities to reduce environmental degradation of the Lake Nicaragua watershed (Cocibolca) : addressing key environmental challenges (English). Latin America and Caribbean Region Environment and Water Resources occasional paper series Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/756601468276880317

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