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under Changing Climate hosted by ed Flood and Sediment Manage-
Kyoto University in Japan. ment in River Basins for Sustain-
This is part of Japan’s con- able Development.
tribution to the UNESCO Interna- Asia-Pacific Network for
tional Hydrological Programme Global Change Research (APN-
(IHP), toward developing resilient GCR) will sponsor the said project
societies thru social adaptation with Dr. Sameh Kantoush of Kyoto
and countermeasures from result- University as the proponent.
ing scientific studies in meeting The research team will take a
the requirements of future water look at Vietnam’s Vu Gia-Thu Bon
availability under changing cli- and the Philippines’ Cagayan river
mate. basins to identify countermea-
Participants around Asia-Pa- sures for unprecedented floods
cific region were immersed in the and severe droughts that widely
aspects of water resources and wa- affects agriculture-related activi-
ter-related disasters under climate ties.
change. They were also introduced In addition, the University on
to hydrological extreme analysis, April last year has participated in
assessing the impacts of climate the International Workshop on
change, rainfall-runoff-inundation Bypass Sediment Tunnels at the
modelling, reservoir sustainability, National Taiwan University for the
optimum operation and manage- same cause. The University also
ment, as well as knowledge of the gone far to host the International
interrelationship with river eco- Training Workshop on Integrat-
system and environment. ed Water Resource Management
The University has long been (IWRM) in River Basins for Sus-
active in the generation of scien- tainable Development last Feb-
tific knowledge on water manage- ruary 2019, that led to the main-
ment and climate change toward streaming of the Climate Change
empowering communities, part- Adaptation and Disaster Risk
nering with national and inter- Management in Integrated Water
national agencies in various R&D Resource Management of River
ventures. Basins in Asia.
ISU has an on-going dialogue Adding to these is ISU’s
with universities and research hosting of another international
centers in Japan and Vietnam for a seminar-workshop on Flood and
two-year R&D project on Integrat- Sediment Management in Novem-
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