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New technologies are leading to an exponential increase in the volume and types of data available, creating unprecedented possibilities for informing and transforming society and protecting the environment. This report sets out the main opportunities and risks presented by the data revolution for sustainable development.

Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development to the UN Secretary General (2014): A world that counts. Mobilising the data revolution for sustainable development. URL [Accessed: 05.05.2020]

ASSOCIATION FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT (2020): What is risk management?. ASSOCIATION FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT URL [Accessed: 30.04.2020]

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (2006): Procuring the Future. Sustainable Procurement National Action Plan: Recommendations from the Sustainable Procurement Task Force.. Nobel House URL [Accessed: 30.04.2020] PDF

Swiss Re Foundation (2016): https://www.swissrefoundation.org/our-work/focus-area/access-health-income-opportunities/MSABI.html [Accessed: 23.04.2020]

WUNRN (2017): https://wunrn.com/2017/04/jordan-female-trained-plumbers-create-work-opportunity-in-male-dominated-field-for-jordanian-women-syrian-refugee-women/ [Accessed: 23.04.2020]

SWEYA, L. et al. (2018): Understanding Water Systems Resilience Problems in Tanzania. . In: Procedia Engenierring : Volume 212 , 488-495. URL [Accessed: 23.04.2020]

http://msabi.org/ [Accessed: 25.03.2020]

This book is directly associated with the Handbook. It will help you to put into practice the knowledge you acquired with the Handbook, but above all, to make your project progress more practical.It will guide you through the business creation journey, from a business idea to a green business model. It is conceived from the perspective of a Green Entrepreneur that wants to take an initial business idea and turn it into a feasible green business, following a series of exercises.

FARRENY, R et al. switchmed (2015): Create your Green Business!: The Workbook for Green Entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean . Switchmed URL [Accessed: 09.03.2020]

The Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Grand Challenge was established to expand the scale of innovations that impact the food and water sectors, food and energy sectors,or all three sectors of the nexus (food, water, energy) to increase the sustainability of agricultural food value chains and address climate change in developing countries and emerging markets – with a particular focus on the poor and women.

Water Energy for Food (2019): INNOVATOR GUIDEBOOK: Navigating Business Models for the Base of the Pyramid in Water and Energy for Food. URL [Accessed: 09.03.2020]

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water, nutrients, energy and organic compounds. Yet, waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse, while millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. This book shows how Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) could create livelihoods, enhance food security, support green economies, reduce waste and contribute to cost recovery in the sanitation chain.

While many RRR projects fully depend on subsidies and hardly survive their pilot phase, hopeful signs of viable approaches to RRR are emerging around the globe including low- and middle-income countries. These enterprises or projects are tapping into entrepreneurial initiatives and public-private partnerships, leveraging private capital to help realize commercial or social value, shifting the focus from treatment for waste disposal to treatment of waste as a valuable resource for safe reuse.

The book provides a compendium of business options for energy, nutrients and water recovery via 24 innovative business models based on an in-depth analysis of over 60 empirical cases, of which 47 from around the world are described and evaluated in a systematic way. The focus is on organic municipal, agro-industrial and food waste, including fecal sludge, supporting a diverse range of business models with potential for large-scale out- and up-scaling.

OTOO, M. DRECHSEL, P. (2018): Resource Recovery from Waste. Business Models for Energy, Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge URL [Accessed: 21.02.2020] PDF

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2009): Guide to Financial Issues relating to FP7 Indirect Actions. Seventh Framework Programme. URL [Accessed: 21.09.2019]

Tumuluru et al. (2010): A Review on Biomass Densification Technologies for Energy Application. URL [Accessed: 20.08.2019] PDF

For thousands of years, bricks have been made from clay. The water treatment plant sludge is extremely close to brick clay in chemical composition, suggesting that it could be a potential substitute for brick clay.

HEGAZY, BADR EL-DIN E. ; FOUAD, H.A. ; HASSANAIN, A.M. (2012): Brick Manufacturing From Water Treatment Sludge And Rice Husk Ash. In: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences: Volume 6 , 453-461. URL [Accessed: 24.07.2019]

This presentation describes the NETSSAF participatory planning approach in a brief manner.

BARRETO DILLON, L. BUZIE FRU, C. (2008): Introduction to the NETSSAF Participatory Planning Approach, a tutorial and guideline for sustainable sanitation planning . (= Proceedings of the NETSSAF Final Conference “Pathways towards Sustainable Sanitation in Africa" ). Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso): Network for the development of Sustainable Approaches for large scale implementation of Sanitation in Africa (NETSSAF) URL [Accessed: 18.07.2019] PDF

This paper highlights critically the cultural (software) aspects of a fog harvesting project, which started in 1990 in El Tofo, Chile.

DALE, S. (2003): Collecting fog on El Tofo . URL [Accessed: 09.07.2019]

A short description of check dams appeared in the California Stormwater BMP Handbook.

CASQA (2003): Check Dams. Menlo Park: Californian Stormwater Quality Association URL [Accessed: 09.07.2019]

This paper presents results of recent analyses of plantation areas and other types of land cover in major plantation regions and a brief review of scientific literature relating to water use by forest plantations.

KEENAN R.J. GERRAND, A. NAMBIAR, S. PARSONS, M. (2006): Plantations and Water: Plantation Impact on Stream Flow. Canberra: Australian Government Bureau of Rural Sciences Headquarters URL [Accessed: 09.07.2019]

This thematic study on forests and water was developed in the context of the Global Forest Resources Assessment programme. It is directed to a broad range of technical experts, scientists and decision-makers, particularly national authorities, and presents recommendations on giving more attention to the role of forests and trees in water protection and management at the national level. It also calls for stronger collaboration between the water and forest communities.

FAO (2008): Forests and Water. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) URL [Accessed: 09.07.2019]

This document draws upon the material prepared for fertiliser strategy as-sessment, summarises the information on the approaches to enhancing fertiliser supply and use in Africa, and identifies some future steps.

AGWE, J. MORRIS, M. FERNANDES, E. (2007): Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis: What Role For Fertilizer? . Washington, D.C.: The World Bank URL [Accessed: 09.07.2019]

The objectives of the study are to provide on-farm demonstrations of controlled drainage and sub-irrigation systems, and to determine their effect on crop yields and environmental benefits. It compares the nitrate concentration, water loss and crop yields of controlled drainage with free outlet tile drainage.

TAN, C.S. ; DRURY, C.F. ; NG, H.Y.F. ; GAYNOR, J.D. (1999): Effect of Controlled Drainage and Subirrigation on Subsurface Tile Drainage Nitrate Loss and Crop Yield at the Farm Scale. In: Canadian Water Resources Journal : Volume 24 , 177. URL [Accessed: 09.07.2019]