Coping with Water Scarcity
22 March is World Water Day. Its international observance is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on behalf of the 24 Agencies and Programme Members of UN-Water, the theme of World Water Day for 2007 was “Coping with water scarcity”. The day provided an opportunity to reflect on the challenges posed by the unsustainable increase in water use and its degradation across the world and it also served as a spur to action to reverse current trends and work towards a more efficient and more equitable distribution of water for all.
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| Format: | Book (stand-alone) biblioteca |
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| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I0487E http://www.fao.org/3/a-i0487e.pdf |
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