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UNESCO´s work in Groundwater and Transboundary Aquifers Challenges and Long Term Solutions

Dr. Alice Aureli UNESCO IHP Groundwater Resources. UNESCO´s work in Groundwater and Transboundary Aquifers Challenges and Long Term Solutions. Side event- THE ROLE OF THE GROUNDWATER SILENT REVOLUTION: “MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP : Re-thinking global water scarcity and security.

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UNESCO´s work in Groundwater and Transboundary Aquifers Challenges and Long Term Solutions

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  1. Dr. Alice Aureli UNESCO IHP Groundwater Resources UNESCO´s work in Groundwater and Transboundary AquifersChallenges and Long Term Solutions Side event- THE ROLE OF THE GROUNDWATER SILENT REVOLUTION: “MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP : Re-thinking global water scarcity and security

  2. “MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP : Re-thinking global water scarcity and security GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION J.MARGAT,UNESCO-BRGM,2008 as in the 3rd UNWWDR CHALLENGES Global Changes brought on by climate change, urbanization, ozone depletion, population growth, expansion of infrastructure, migration, land conversion, pollution are altering the Earth and the way it functions WATER FOOTPRINT No institution or country can face the challenges they pose alone

  3. Climate • Energy • Food GLOBAL CHANGES ? + GROUNDWATER SHARING WATER TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS GOVERNANCE, PARTICIPATION COOPERATION

  4. UNESCO IHP INVENTORY OF TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS

  5. More than ‘273 transboundary aquifer>15% of the land surface of the planet>40% of population What is missing? FINANCE+DATA+ MONITORING+ EDUCATION+ AWARENESS+ COOPERATION+ CHANGING ATTITUDE Country 1 Country 2

  6. NEEDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS PROPER REGULATIONS, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY, DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, PEACE, STABILITY, UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION on TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS UNILC-UNESCO IHP 2002-2008 “HYDROPOLITICS AND HYDROECONOMICS OF SHARED GROUNDWATER RESOURCES: EXPERIENCE IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGIONS “ MANUEL RAMÓN LLAMAS, Paper at the NATO Advanced Studies, Varna,2006

  7. MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP : • Re-thinking global water scarcity and security. • Are Groundwater Resources and Human Security intimately linked? YES • Dependent Economies • Dependent Ecosystems INTERDEPENDENCIES

  8. What will happen to ASIA ? T. Shah 2002 Groundwater use for irrigation: India: 240 km3 China: 80 km3(IAH 2003) GRONDWATER DEPENDENCY J.Margat, UNESCO-BRGM 2008

  9. What to conclude? YES The challenge we all have How to put groundwater and water resources in the mind of people? • political acknowledgement of the value and importance of groundwater and • significant national and regional financial investment to establish the physical and social frameworks for groundwater management. THANK YOU

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