This side event will be an opportunity to discuss lessons learnt by the international river, lake and aquifer commissions in developing cooperation of riparian countries on the management of transboundary surface and ground waters.
In particular…
10th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE« EUROPE INBO 2012 »
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
European Group of Basin Organizations EUROPE-INBO
Istanbul – Turkey – 17 to 19 October 2012
at the Istanbul…
In July 2010, the United Nations recognized the right to universal access to water. Currently, nearly 900 million people worldwide lack access to improved water sources, over 300 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.
As it did…
The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has initiated a new Project on "Groundwater Governance" financed by the…
The International Conference on “Transboundary Aquifers: Challenges and New Directions” took place from 6 to 8 December 2010 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
The International Conference on "Transboundary Aquifers: Challenges and New Directions" took place from 6 to 8 December 2010 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
Objective
Most of the first WFD River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) have now been submitted to the EC in Brussels, and are at an early stage of implementation, but it is clear that we need different approaches for the 2nd round of RBMP, to be…