The paper presents data concerning present and future water demands and examines a number of formal, institutional steps taken by global and regional actors to facilitate sustainable development, natural resources management and peaceful cooperation in the Basin.
Natural resource underpins all development Natural resources lie at the heart of all human development stories -- from the first settlers who began tilling the soil to later civilizations who have relied on resource extraction: whether wood, minerals, coal or oil.
As part of implementation, Paragraph 47d instructs "Incorporate disaster risk reduction measures into multilateral and bilateral development assistance programmes within and across all sectors, as appropriate, related to poverty reduction, sustainable development, natural resource management, environment, urban development and adaptation to climate change" (UNISDR 2015, p. 23).
The agricultural development strategy of the region which was derived from the national Agricultural Development Led Industrialization (ADLI) strategy formulated in 1993 (Dercon and Zeitlin 2009) was focused on the rehabilitation, conservation and development of natural resources, and is known as a conservation-based agricultural development policy (Berhanu et al. 2003).
Menzies presided over rapid industrial growth in Australia during the 1950s, sponsoring the development of natural resources and transportation and encouraging foreign investment.
The study has confirmed the usefulness of a growth potential model incorporating the moving window method to predict urban growth trends and examining the impacts of urban development on natural resources.
The Queensland state development and natural resources minister, Anthony Lynham, recently announced that special powers would be invoked to progress the Carmichael coal mega-mine as "critical infrastructure".
In parts of the region, this will constrain development, stress natural resources, and increase competition for water among communities, agriculture, energy production, and ecological needs.
Instead of feeding a resurgent nationalism with mischief-making, Beijing should be working with its neighbors to ease competing claims and to pursue joint development of natural resources.
