World Water Day is held annually on 22 March to focus the world鈥檚 attention on freshwater challenges. This year the theme of the campaign is wastewater. Globally over 80% of wastewater generated by cities, industries and agriculture, flows back into nature untreated.聽 This in turn causes severe鈥
A new video on the importance of transboundary cooperation for equitable and sustainable water resources development was launched today by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, on the occasion of World Water Day. Through the perspectives of civil society organisation (CSO) representatives, the 鈥淓ngaging CSOs, improving water鈥
There are 263 transboundary river basins worldwide, 23 of those are located in Mesoamerica, representing 36.9% of Central America麓s territory and covering a greater extension than any of its countries.
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are defined by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 as 鈥渁ctions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits鈥. They are designed to address鈥
The answer is yes.聽Restoring and protecting mangroves helps fulfil multiple Global Goals, from improving life below water, to reducing poverty and hunger, to many goals in between. We take a closer look at why.
It was space for dialogue and exchange among stakeholders from the Goascor谩n binational river basin, where important topics were addressed related to water and natural resources good management in a transboundary context facing climatic changes.聽
Nadi, Fiji, 8 March聽2017 (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播)聽鈥 The聽鈥媁etlands are under pressure from local and global factors, including coastal development, destructive fishing practices, inappropriate agricultural practices and watershed changes, invasive species, ocean acidification, and climate change鈥
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 is committed to gender equality. To support International Women's Day, the Water Programme compiled聽some of their most recent efforts to empower women in decisions and actions for sustainable water management.
Women are part of the solution for good resource management in the Goascoran river basin, shared between Honduras and El Salvador, they work together to conserve it and to have access to water in its different uses.