The importance of sound water management for sustainable development was highlighted, especially in the Sahel region.
Jacob Tompkins, of water industry body Water UK, said all four areas earmarked for development faced water shortages.
The programme, which provides a UNESCO Global Network on Water and Development Information for Arid Lands was established in 2004 to strengthen the global capacity for management of water resources in arid and semi-arid regions.
While different sectors can be in competition over water, it is clear that all the benefits of water are required for sustainable economic development, and therefore green policy should be based on the premise that water unpins the entire green process.
Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan congratulated UNESCO for its commitment and expressed his conviction that managing water resources peacefully is vital for sustainable development.
By declaring 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation, the United Nations General Assembly recognizes the broad benefits of cooperation in the water domain for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed goals, and calls Members States and all concerned stakeholders to strengthen dialogue and partnerships.
Nitrogen, methane, helium, water, carbon-oxygen compounds and hydrogen produced from mining, could permit food growth and development of a water supply for lunar inhabitants.
Between 27 and 29 April took place in La Paz, Bolivia, the Workshop on Methodology for the Development of the Water Culture Atlas in Andean Countries, during which was launched the Andean chapter of the project, that will include reviews for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
UNESCO: Programa Hidrol��gico Internacional: Water Culture Workshop
Other side events organized by UNESCO cover the areas of water resources, young women in science for sustainable development, and engineering for sustainable development.
Water Technology is a challenging and exciting area for technology development and innovative solutions.
These challenges include such acute development needs as installing piped drinking water for households, deploying high-quality irrigation systems with locally-accessible replacement parts, and using the latest mobile technologies for banking, sharing vital health data, paying salaries, and checking commodity prices.
And since water cooperation is a necessary ingredient for all aspects of development, the Day will also focus on the follow-up to be taken in the context of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and how water cooperation contributes to the success of such follow-up.
He was Entrepreneur of the Year and President of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development in North Carolina and also serves as the Fund Investment Adviser for Angels on the Water, a Wisconsin Angel investment fund.
For more information on the United Nations World Water Development Report 3, click here.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: International Water Day 2009 - Transboundary water
As a self-contained city state, this measure helped reduce reliance on water imported from Malaysia and is deemed an important development for national resource independence.
The Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust will use its grant for a six-month project focussing on the social and industrial heritage surrounding the viaduct, which was built in 1862 to carry the Border Counties Railway over the North Tyne River.
My take: all this saber rattling about high royalties and windfall profits taxes is designed to scare the minnows out of the water and clear the way for the government to make a development deal with the big guys who have the balance sheet and know-how to get the job done.
Development of a Draft National Water Resources Management PolicyDocuemtn for Trinidad and Tobago and requisite national consultation on this document.
Mr Mead, senior technical director for international consultants WSP Development and Transportation, said more water from the River Trent needed to be brought down to East Anglia.
U.S.-based NGO Water for People is helping lead the charge in this area with the development of a new system called FLOW (Field Level Operations Watch).
How water cooperation can best contribute to the Global Agenda on Sustainable Development for the post-2015 era so as to fulfill the needs of all societies was the subject of Monday's kick-off events for the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation.
The UK's Department for International Development said the aid would help to supply emergency water, sanitation and healthcare to more than 58, 000 people.
The department for regional development has settled a case taken by former Northern Ireland Water director Declan Gormley by apologising to him.
Advise, coordinate, develop, or organize conferences, symposia, seminars, as well as short- and long-term courses, in close cooperation with the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, and other educational activities to contribute to the strengthening and development of capacities at the sub-regional, regional, and national level.
Of the rest, 80% is earmarked for spending on education, health, rural development, infrastructure, environmental and water management, and 5% is to be spent in the oil-producing region.
Some 12 projects, including a berth for larger supply ship, fresh water supply, sewage and garbage treatment facilities are still under development in Sansha.
Opened by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, the Chairperson of UN Water Michel Jarraud, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Tajikistan Hamrokhon Zartifi and the French Minister Delegate for Development Pascal Canfin, the event will gather representatives from Inter-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, scientists and political decision makers from around the world.
In another Obama-era episode, two experts from the Wyoming Water Development commission charged that the EPA ignored its own guidelines in testing water wells when testing for fracking-related contamination.
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The combination of rapid population growth and changing diets may increase the demand for food by 70% by 2050, according to the recently released 4th UN World Water Development Report.
Two officials from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission with expertise in boiling water nuclear reactors have deployed to Japan as part of a U.S. International Agency for International Development (USAID) team.
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