Sustainable Water Management Brings Economic, Social & Environmental Benefits
Fri, May 4, 2012
Pre-publication results: UN Survey of 130 Countries Provides In-Depth Status Report on Global Efforts to Improve Water Management
・Over 80 per cent of countries have reformed their water laws in the past twenty years as a response to growing pressures on water resources from expanding populations, urbanization and climate change.
・Water-related risks and the competition for water resources are perceived by a majority of countries to have increased over the past 20 years;
・Domestic water supply is ranked by most countries as the highest priority for water resources management;
・The majority of countries reported an increasing trend in financing for water resources development, although obstacles to implementing reforms remain;
・Progress on water efficiency is lagging behind other water management reforms, with less than 50 per cent of national reforms addressing water efficiency.
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Sustainable Water Management Brings Economic, Social & Environmental Benefits (UNEP NEWS CENTRE)
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