World Water Forum
In the 1990s experts around the world realised that action needed to be taken to improve international co-operation on water issues. Disasters such as frequent droughts and resultant desertification, large-scale floods and the pollution of both surface and underground water required a more coordinated response.
There was also global realisation that the world's limited water resources were being badly managed, and that a mechanism was needed particularly to bring together professionals from all water-related disciplines and, in addition, to gather all water resource stakeholders.So, in 1996, 2 international organizations were established.
The first was the World Water Council (WWC), an international think tank for water issues, established through the initiative of water specialists, the academic community and international organizations.
The second was the Global Water Partnership (GWP), an organization created with the joint support of a number of international funding organizations, with a mandate to support integrated water resource management in developing countries.
World Water Forum
To encourage the development of such positive international trends, to support the deepening of discussions towards the solution of international water issues in the 21st century, to formulate concrete proposals and to bring their importance to the world's attention, the 1st World Water Forum in 1997 was proposed by the WWC and has been held every 3 years since then.
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22 Mar 2006
Protecting Australia's natural freshwater assets would save billions of dollars
Australia’s remaining healthy rivers, creeks, wetlands, floodplains and estuaries would be protected and billions of dollars in repair bills saved under a proposal by WWF-Australia to consolidate the country's existing water management programmes.
Protecting Australia's natural freshwater assets would save billions of dollars
Australia’s remaining healthy rivers, creeks, wetlands, floodplains and estuaries would be protected and billions of dollars in repair bills saved under a proposal by WWF-Australia to consolidate the country's existing water management programmes.
22 Mar 2006
International water forum fails to tackle world water crisis
With around five million people a year dying from water-related diseases, governments attending the World Water Forum have failed to grab the opportunity to make tangible progress on the world's water crisis.
International water forum fails to tackle world water crisis
With around five million people a year dying from water-related diseases, governments attending the World Water Forum have failed to grab the opportunity to make tangible progress on the world's water crisis.
21 Mar 2006
Forum takes its seat in the “last chance café”
It’s the last chance for the world’s governments to pull the Forum’s action plan into shape if they want to create a framework for dealing effectively with the world’s water crisis. Disastrous management of the world’s rivers has meant that storms and hurricanes are causing more damage to people and nature than ever before.
Forum takes its seat in the “last chance café”
It’s the last chance for the world’s governments to pull the Forum’s action plan into shape if they want to create a framework for dealing effectively with the world’s water crisis. Disastrous management of the world’s rivers has meant that storms and hurricanes are causing more damage to people and nature than ever before.
