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Water and Agriculture: 30 year Visions for the Environment

Water and Agriculture: 30 year Visions for the Environment. Characteristics of WAVE-30. Sectors: Water, Agriculture, Environment. Environmental footprints of. developments in food production. Looking 30 years ahead Transparancy in developments and consequences

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Water and Agriculture: 30 year Visions for the Environment

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  1. Water and Agriculture: 30 year Visions for the Environment

  2. Characteristics of WAVE-30 • Sectors: Water, Agriculture, Environment • Environmental footprints of developments in food production • Looking 30 years ahead • Transparancy in developments and consequences • Solution finding at river basin scale

  3. Why WAVE-30 ? Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger MDG 1 Ensure environmental sustainability MDG 7 Partnership for development MDG 8

  4. Direct objectives • Knowledge and transparancy • Effective policy planning • Stakeholder participation • Capacity building

  5. Two programme components WAVE-global - Global assessment WAVE-basins - 5 to 10 river basin cases

  6. WAVE - Global

  7. WAVE - basins Volta River Lake Victoria Mekong Mehanadi Incomati Yellow River

  8. Characteristics WAVE - basins • River basin and coastal areas • Environmental objectives river and coast • Scenarios for future economic development • Assessment – stakeholder dialogue • Solution finding - Policy options • Capacity building

  9. Co-operation partners

  10. A step forward in meeting … • MDG-s on poverty reduction and environmental sustainability • And implementation of IWRM and water efficiency plans in 2005

  11. Thank you for your attention

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