Safeguarding the World's Water. UNEP Environment Brief No. 6.

Institution	United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi (Kenya).
Titel	Safeguarding the World's Water. UNEP Environment Brief No. 6.
Quelle	(1987), (9 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Climate; Depleted Resources; Drinking Water; Ecological Factors; Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; International Cooperation; International Organizations; Natural Resources; Physical Environment; Quality of Life; Waste Disposal; Water Quality; Water Resources + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klima; Trinkwasser; Ökologischer Ansatz; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Globales Denken; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Natürliche Umwelt; Lebensqualität; Garbage removal; Abfallentsorgung; Entsorgung; Wasserqualität; Wasserressourcen
Abstract	Two things make water a unique natural resource: (1) water is essential for human survival; and (2) the total amount of water in the world is constant. This document focuses on the increasingly difficult task of satisfying the collective thirst of people, industry, and agriculture without damaging the world's limited resources of fresh water. It presents a set of key facts regarding the planet's fresh water supplies and summarizes what the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been doing to deal with this problem since the UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. The Environmentally Sound Management of Inland Water Resoures (EMINWA) program is described and EMINWA's action plan for the Zambezi River is discussed. The problems of drought and desertification are also addressed, and a bibliography of additional resources is provided. (TW)
Anmerkungen	United Nations Environment Programme, P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC