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Water pollution is a multifaceted issue that poses a great challenge to provide efficient water governance. One such challenge is the issue of pollution as it affects environment, health and quality of life of the people. Climate change is an additional pressure besides others viz. on fisheries, loss of habitat disturbance and so on. Climate change is said to be altering the structure of both the marine and freshwater ecosystems with serious implications for fisheries, food and livelihood security. The paper addresses issues of pollution, decline in species and its impacts on the livelihoods of the fishermen and institutional constraints in the Tungabhadra sub basin.
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The study is a part of an international collaborative research project (STRIVER) funded by the European Union under FP7 research program between 2006-09. The team for this part of the study included Prof. K. V. Raju, Nagothu, Dr. Udaya Sekhar, Dr. Manasi. S, Latha N and Dr. Lenin Babu. More information on the IWRM assessment can be found in the STRIVER report (2008) which is based on individual basin reports prepared by researchers from the respective river basins.
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Shimoga, Chikamaglur, Davanagere, Haveri, Bellary, Koppal and Raichur.
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Karnool, Cudappa, Ananthpur and Mahaboobnagar.
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Payments have to be made to the FCS that would have got the bid.
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Manasi, S. (2013). Water Pollution Impacts on Livelihoods: A Case Study of Fishing Communities in Tungabhadra Sub Basin. In: Nautiyal, S., Rao, K., Kaechele, H., Raju, K., Schaldach, R. (eds) Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_21
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