Les pressions exercées sur les ressources en eau mettent en lumière l’interdépendance hydrologique, sociale, économique et écologique dans les bassins de fleuves, de lacs et des aquifères. Elle rend nécessaire une plus grande intégration en terme de développement et de gestion des ressources en eau et des sols. Il existe une relation dynamique entre les […]
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This Handbook addresses a large number of stakeholders involved in integrated management of transboundary water resources, from national governments to regional organizations, managers and users in the field. They all are invited to work together to face the many current and future challenges. The Handbook offers guidance for the integrated management of transboundary water resources […]
Global Water Partnership, (GWP), established in 1996, is an international network open to all organisations involved in water resources management: developed and developing country government institutions, agencies of the United Nations, bi- and multilateral development banks, professional associations, research institutions, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector. GWP was created to foster Integrated Water Resources Management […]
EMWIS is an initiative of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. It provides a strategic tool for exchanging information and knowledge in the water sector between and within the Euro Mediterranean partnership countries All the countries involved in the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) are concerned: The 27 EU member states of the EU The 16 Mediterranean Partner […]
This management plan addresses these different and sometimes diametric requirements between nature and man. It is based on a vision and mission statement, which will give guidance to the National Park and its managers to provide their best performance in the future. Most importantly, it strives to protect ecosystems and their function to provide for […]
Despite being located at a threefold border junction, Prespa forms a unitary region with rich shared natural and cultural heritage. It is an area of global importance for its biological diversity, best known for the impressive populations of rare water birds; the world largest breeding colony of the Dalmatian pelican being the most noteworthy (Crivelli and Catsadorakis, 1997). […]
La première décennie du XXIe siècle a été la plus chaude jamais observée depuis la mise en place des systèmes modernes de relevés vers 1850. Les précipitations ont été supérieures à la normale, notamment en 2010, où tous les records précédents ont été battus. Cette décennie a également été marquée par l’intensité des phénomènes climatiques et météorologiques extrêmes, comme la vague de chaleur […]
Tout au long de 2013, la variabilité du climat et le changement climatique ont eu des répercussions considérables dans le monde entier. La Déclaration de l’OMM sur l’état du climat mondial en 2013 donne un aperçu de l’évolution du temps et du climat à l’échelle mondiale et régionale pendant l’année écoulée et met en lumière certains des phénomènes extrêmes les plus significatifs…/…
At first sight, the connection between the weather and climate and the terrestrial water cycle appears fundamental, and it is thus obvious that a high level of synergy should exist between the disciplines involved. However, perhaps surprisingly, the opening statement of the report on the Expert Meeting on Water Management Need for Climate Information in Water Resources Planning (Ref. […]
The Manual is designed: (a) To facilitate cooperation in observations between Members; (b) To specify obligations of Members in the implementation of the World Weather Watch (WWW) Global Observing System (GOS); (c) To ensure adequate uniformity and standardization in the practices and procedures employed in achieving (a) and (b) above…./…