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United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP
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Freshwater is one of UNEP's priority areas of concern. Through its work on water policy and strategy, UNEP addresses the issues of inadequate quantity, declining quality and insufficient access, while also promoting a better understanding of the linkages between freshwater, coastal areas and the marine environment. Working with other UN partners, and through the newly established UNEP Collaborating Centre on Water for the Environment, UNEP assists countries to integrate environmental considerations into efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and in attaining the environmentally related water and sanitation targets agreed to at WSSD and other recent international forums.
Key water-related activities include: the Global International Waters Assessment; the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities; the Global Environmental Monitoring System's freshwater quality programme, GEMS/WATER; and the Dams and Development Project.
Areas of expertise: Environmental monitoring, assessment, early-warning systems, policy development, law, water, marine pollution, biodiversity, chemicals, hazardous waste, energy, atmosphere, economic instruments, trade, sustainable consumption, cleaner production, urbanization.
Media contact:
Eric Falt
Director/Spokesman
UNEP Division of Communications and Public Information
UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-62-3292
Fax: +254-2-62-3692/3927
E-mail: eric.falt@unep.org
Jim Sniffen
Information Officer, UNEP New York
Tel: +1-212-963-8094
Fax: +1-212-963-7341
E-mail: sniffenj@un.org
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 Atlas of International Freshwater Agreements
An atlas of international freshwater agreements (by the FAO and UNEP), containing an historical overview of international river basin management; a detailed listing of more than 300 international freshwater agreements; and a collection of thematic maps related to the agreements, their content, and the river basins they represent.
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5 June 2003: World Environment Day - Water : Two Billion People are Dying for It
Every 5 June since 1972, we celebrate World Environment Day. The theme chosen this year refers to the 1.1 billion people with no access to improved water supply and the 2.4 billion people with no access to improved sanitation. This theme has been chosen to support the International Year of Freshwater 2003. The main international celebrations of the World Environment Day will be held for the first time in the Arab world, in Beirut. |
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