The ‘Benchmark River Basins’ and the institutions that coordinate them are as follows:
East Asia:
Mekong River Basin – Mekong River Commission (MRC),
Lao PDR
Yellow River Basin – Yellow River Conservancy Commission
(YRCC), China
South Asia:
Indo-gangetic River Basins – Indian Council of Agricultural
Research, India
Middle East:
Karkheh River Basin - Agricultural Research and Education
Organization, Iran
Africa:
Volta River Basin – CSIR Water Research Institute, Ghana
Limpopo River Basin – Agricultural Research Council
– South Africa
Nile River Basin – National Water Research Centre, Egypt
Latin America:
Sao Francisco River Basins – Brazilian Agricultural
research Corporation, Brazil
Andes System of Basins - Consortium for the Sustainable Development
of the Andean Ecoregion, Peru