Their role in water cycles is integral to water resource management from the level of a local pond right up to trans-national river basins.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

In developing the thematic area, UNESCO is a leader in the areas of: transboundary surface and groundwater, water quality, integrated water resource management and climate change adaptation and water.

UNESCO: at the Sixth World Water Forum

Improving water resource management, increasing access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and promoting hygiene can improve the quality of life of billions of individuals, as well as reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and cut the incidence of waterborne diseases.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

He trained as a civil engineer and worked at the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water-resource management.

WSJ: Robert Earl Holding, Billionaire Owner of Sinclair Oil, Dies at 86

This international review of participatory water governance forms an important resource for academic researchers in hydrology, environmental management and water policy, and also practitioners and policy-makers working in water management.

UNESCO: THEMES

The Multi One Attitude Foundation, in partnership with UNESCO, will promote ocean and freshwater conservation, sound resource management and awareness of our water footprint in a Water Pavilion on the occasion of the arrival of the transatlantic Krys Ocean Race in Brest, France.

UNESCO: Race for Water at the Tonnerres de Brest

Separate from this question of the distribution of water is the issue of long-term management of the resource.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

An approach to integrated catchment management by building a framework for water law and policy experts, water resource managers and water scientists to work together on water-related problems.

UNESCO: International Hydrological Programme (IHP)

Lakes and reservoirs provide a range of resource values, including drinking water, irrigation water, navigation, fisheries, tourism, recreation, flood and drought management, climate mediation, as well as having religious and historic values.

UNESCO: Summary