South Africa - Project 4-149: Promoting Community and Regional Food Systems in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
PI: Michael Aliber, University of Fort Hare
U.S. Partner: Stephen Ventura, University of Wisconsin-Madison (funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
South Africa - Project 4-153: GRECHLIM
PI: Tamiru Abiye, University of the Witwatersrand
U.S. Partner: Richard Healy, USGS
Afghanistan - Project 4-257: Impacts of climate change on transboundary water treaties/sharing: a case study of Kabul River basin, Afghanistan
PI: Fahima Sadeqinezhad, AZMA the Technical Vocational Private Institute, Afghanistan
U.S. Partner: Devendra M. Amatya, USDA Forest Service Center for Forested Wetlands Research
Bangladesh - Project 4-85: Scaling up of Satellite-Assisted Flood Forecasting Systems in South and Southeast Asian NationsPI: Md. Sohel Masud, Institute of Water Modelling, with co-PI Md. Sazzad Hossain, Flood Forecasting and Warning Center
U.S. Partner: Faisal Hossain, University of Washington (funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Bhutan - Project 4-187: Monitoring Forest Cover Changes in Bhutan using Landsat Data in a Cloud-Computing Environment
PI: Kinley Tshering, Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Conservation and Environment
U.S. Partner: Kevin Megown, Remote Sensing Applications Center (funded by the United States Department of Agriculture/ Forest Service)
India - Project 4-216: The Banni Grasslands in a Time of Change: Ecological and Socioeconomic Resilience in a Coupled Human-Natural System
PI: Ankila Hiremath, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
U.S. Partner: Susan Cordell, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry (funded by the United States Department of Agriculture/ Forest Service)
Indonesia - Project 4-12: Coral Vulnerability Assessment to Temperature Stress (Bleaching) and Ocean Acidification in the Spermonde Archipelago: Conservation Strategies for Climate Resilience
PI: Nita Rukminasari, Marine Science and Fisheries Faculty, Hasanuddin University
U.S. Partner: Brian Hopkinson, University of Georgia (funded by the National Science Foundation)
Indonesia - Project 4-29: Implementation of a Randomization-based Curriculum for Introductory Statistics at UPH and across Indonesia
PI: Kie Van Ivanky Saputra, Universitas Pelita Harapan
U.S. Partner: Nathan Tintle, Dordt University (funded by the National Science Foundation)
Indonesia - Project 4-125: Developing Science and Learning Research Capacity of Bengkulu University in Ex Situ Conservation of Sumatran Freshwater and Terrestrial Turtles
PI: Aceng Ruyani, Bengkulu University
U.S. Partner: Catherine Matthews, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (funded by the National Science Foundation)
Indonesia - Project 4-146: Developing a Bioeconomy in Indonesia: Identification of Novel Microorganisms and Microbial Enzymes from Indonesian Peatland and Buffaloes to Improve Bioconversion of Oil Palm Residues
PI: Amadeus Pribowo and co-PI Irnayuli Sitepu, Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences
U.S. Partner: Kyria Boundy-Mills, University of California, Davis (funded by the National Science Foundation)
Indonesia - Project 4-260: One Fits All: Developing Decapods Biodiversity Research for Education, Conservation, and Research Benefits
PI: Ambariyanto Ambariyanto, Indonesian Biodiversity Research, Diponegoro University
U.S. Partner: Christopher Meyer, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Indonesia - Project 4-309: A Better Understanding of Future Seismic and Tsunami Hazards due to the Mentawai Seismic Gap, West Sumatra, Indonesia through Dense Geodetic Networks and Capacity Building Efforts
PI: Ashar Muda Lubis, University of Bengkulu, Indonesia
U.S. Partner: Louise Comfort, University of Pittsburgh (funded by the National Science Foundation)
Indonesia - Project 4-393: Integrated Watershed Management for Enhancing Local Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in Indonesia
PI: Ani Adiwinata Nawir, CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) (formerly Terence Sunderland, through December 2017)
U.S. Partner: Jefferson Fox, East-West Center (funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Kyrgyzstan - Project 4-454: Water Resources Response on Glacier Dynamics in Central Asia Transboundary River Basins
PI: Tamara Tuzova, Institute of Water Problems and Hydro Power of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan
U.S. Partner: David Watkins, Michigan Technological University (funded by the National Science Foundation)
Maldives - Project 4-463: Can Drought and Flood Hazard be Skillfully Assessed at Fine Spatial Resolutions from Combining Constrained Streams of Observed, Remotely Sensed, and Model Predicted Data in Sri Lanka and the Maldives?
PI: Piyasena Wickramagamage, Foundation for Environment, Climate, and Technology
U.S. Partner: Randall Koster, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Pakistan - Project 4-255: Enhanced Engagement in Research on the Kabul River Basin (EKaRB)
PI: Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah, International Water Management Institute
U.S. Partner: Lauren Hay, USGS
Pakistan - Project 4-323: Understanding our Joint Water-Climate Change Challenge and Exploring Policy Options for Cooperation on the Afghan-Pak Transboundary Kabul River Basin
PI: Hina Lotia, LEAD Pakistan
U.S. Partners: Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine (funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), and Konstantinos M. Andreadis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tajikistan - Project 4-356: Risk Management and Assessment of Water Resources of the Amu Darya River Basin under Conditions of Climate Change and Construction of Large Reservoirs
PI: Inom Normatov, Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower, and Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan
U.S. Partner: Mary Brodzik, University of Colorado Boulder (funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Uzbekistan - Project 4-97: Mitigating the Competition for Water in the Amudarya River Basin, Central Asia by Improving Water Use Efficiency
PI: Kakhramon Djumaboev, International Water Management Institute
U.S. Partner: James Ayars, USDA-ARS Water Management Unit
Uzbekistan - Project 4-112: Transboundary Water Management Adaptation in the Amudarya Basin to Climate Change Uncertainties
PI: Viktor Dukhovniy, Scientific-Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia
U.S. Partner: Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University (funded by the National Science Foundation)
Uzbekistan - Project 4-407: Use of Non-Conventional Agricultural Water Resources to Strengthen Water and Food Security in the Transboundary Watersheds of the Amu Darya River Basin (UNCAWR)
PI: Kristina Toderich, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
U.S. Partner: Robert Nowak, University of Nevada, Reno (funded by the United States Department of Agriculture/ Agricultural Research Service)
Vietnam - Project 4-189: Application of Geodetic, Satellite Remote Sensing, and Physical Modeling Tools for the Management of Operational Groundwater Resources in the Red River Delta, Vietnam
PI: Nguyen Duc Luong, Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, National University of Civil Engineering
U.S. Partner: Faisal Hossain, University of Washington (funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
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