Rivers Network

VISIÓN : "Ser un centro de investigación de referencia a nivel regional, nacional e internacional en gestión sustentable y eficiente de recursos hídricos en zonas áridas". MISIÓN : "Generar y difundir conocimiento científico sobre los recursos hídricos en zonas áridas, a través de un equipo multidisciplinario de investigadores, vinculado a redes nacionales e internacionales".

(Haiyan Helen Yu, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford). One of the most serious problems for China today and in the foreseeable future is the water crisis caused by rapid socio-economic development, urbanization, industrialization, uneven water distribution, water pollution and inefficient water use.

(M. Bekchanov & C. Ringler, International Water Management Institute and International Food Policy Research Institute). Inefficient use of water resources in irrigated agriculture is the primary reason for reduced environmental flows as well as waterlogging and land salinization processes in the Aral Sea basin of Central Asia.