Water: A Shared ResponsibilityUN-HABITAT, 2006 - 584 pages A joint undertaking of the 24 UN agencies comprising UN-Water, and in partnership with governments and other entities concerned with freshwater issues, this volume, covering as it does all regions and most countries of the world, provides an up-to-date global overview of the state and uses of freshwater, critical water-related problems, and societies coping mechanisms. Drawing on an extensive database, expert analysis, case studies, and hundreds of graphic elements, it is the most comprehensive undertaking to date of freshwater assessment, providing a mechanism for monitoring changes in the resource and its management and progress towards achieving development targets, particularly the Millennium Development Goals. Building on the conclusions of the first United Nations World Water Development Report, Water for People, Water for Life, the 2006 Report confirms the ongoing, serious and growing water crisis, essentially a crisis of governance, and points to a prevalent lack of capacity and knowledge base as todays primary obstacles to achieving the necessary levels of water governance. This volume proposes a more integrated vision of water resources management to respond to changing environmental and socio-economic conditions.--Publisher's description. |
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Page 7
... fisheries often puts the poor at a serious disadvantage. The implementation of national food policies (through subsidies, taxes, tariffs, food aid etc.) can distort markets and marginalize the rural poor; and inadequately organized and ...
... fisheries often puts the poor at a serious disadvantage. The implementation of national food policies (through subsidies, taxes, tariffs, food aid etc.) can distort markets and marginalize the rural poor; and inadequately organized and ...
Page 55
... fisheries are critically important for food security and livelihoods, but access to lakes by poor, landless fishermen is problematic, because they require access rights to the shores as well. The wealthy tend to dominate the annual ...
... fisheries are critically important for food security and livelihoods, but access to lakes by poor, landless fishermen is problematic, because they require access rights to the shores as well. The wealthy tend to dominate the annual ...
Page 62
... fisheries , livestock , plants and animals , funeral practices and the environmental services provided by watersheds . Generally , customary rights are not static but can evolve over time as a response to formal legislation and changing ...
... fisheries , livestock , plants and animals , funeral practices and the environmental services provided by watersheds . Generally , customary rights are not static but can evolve over time as a response to formal legislation and changing ...
Page 137
... Fisheries / Aquatic habitat Lakes , rivers , reservoirs Water supply as water supplies Hydroelectric facilities Hydropower All waterways and their ecosystems Toxic chemicals □ deposition in rivers or lakes dredging ( streams ...
... Fisheries / Aquatic habitat Lakes , rivers , reservoirs Water supply as water supplies Hydroelectric facilities Hydropower All waterways and their ecosystems Toxic chemicals □ deposition in rivers or lakes dredging ( streams ...
Page 159
... the Aral Sea 2b. Fisheries.................................................................165 Map 5.5: Major irrigation areas in the Aral Sea Basin CHAPTER 5 Part 3. Status of and Trends in Ecosystems and Biodiversity .........
... the Aral Sea 2b. Fisheries.................................................................165 Map 5.5: Major irrigation areas in the Aral Sea Basin CHAPTER 5 Part 3. Status of and Trends in Ecosystems and Biodiversity .........
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