Water cooperation refers to the peaceful management and use of water resources among various players and sectors and at different levels.
It provides a succinct overview of the key issues in water management and use in language accessible to diverse stakeholders involved in water adaptation.
The focus throughout will be HELP and the interface between land use and water management, and how we crystallise a stakeholder driven agenda for effective river basin management in Scotland.
The Global Water Experiment, an initiative of the International Year of Chemistry will be showcased as will initiatives on demonstrating the important cultural dimensions related to water management and use.
The film highlights key water quality problems such as lack of access to safe water and sanitation, inefficient wastewater management in urban areas, water pollution caused by intensive use of nutrients and chemicals in agriculture, the invisible threat of new and emerging pollutants in water and the economic costs of water quality degradation.
The index combines five measures: available resources, access to water, people's capacity to afford and organise water supplies, use of water for domestic, industrial and environmental purposes, and environmental management.
Their recommendations include integrating water resources management through all sectors (economy, land use, agriculture, energy, transportation) and adopting participatory planning and management approaches.
The Ramsar Convention recognises that wetlands occupy a key position in this interconnectivity and that the wise use of wetlands is essential for the delivery of sustainable water management.
There is presently no Andean-FRIEND and the concomitant establishment of A-GMN and Andean-FRIEND was judged to be the most opportune method of developing an integrated glaciological and hydrological program for regional monitoring and management use in a region where snow and ice reserves are such an important part of water resources.
If the project is successful, as a pilot has been, it will also establish the use of an internet-based management system, mitigate losses from flooding and increase the supply of water to industry.
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