Contributions were drawn from the fields of hydrological sciences, freshwater policy, international basin management and operational water supply.
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.
Nevertheless, its important role has somehow been often forgotten and, as a consequence, there are as yet no examples of the fully-fledged integration of sediment management into river basin management.
"You need to think that you're going out to seek real solitude, " advised Jacob Quinn, Trails Coordinator for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, "and think of everything that comes with it".
Within the implementation of the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (FASRB), the Sava countries drafted the Protocol on Sediment Management to the FASRB, to provide a legal basis for future cooperation of the countries on the development of the Sediment Management Plan for the Sava River Basin (Sava SM Plan).
The course - which connects perfectly to the implementation of the Protocol - aims to train local experts from the Sava River Basin, involved in sediment management.
In 2007, however, the Howard government passed an act that allowed it to muscle in on water management in the Murray-Darling basin, constitutionally a state responsibility.
The main aims of this tour are to strengthen Sustainable Development and Governance in the Tara River Basin Biosphere Reserve and in the Durmitor World Heritage site in Montenegro and to reinforce the management capacity of the UNESCO designated sites.
Regarding cooperation in international river basins, both Le Duc Trung (Mekong River Commission Secretariat) and Jean-Francois Donzier (International Network of Basin Organizations - INBO) stressed the importance of securing national and international political will for the sustainable management of transboundary river basins and transboundary aquifer systems.
应用推荐