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- Adaptation strategies developed to counter the impacts
of global change on river basins and aquifer systems, particularly
in arid and semi-arid areas, and shared with national authorities
and decision-makers as well as United Nations country teams.
- Knowledge base of policy-relevant cultural, social and
scientific responses for sustainable water governance enhanced.
- Improved
ecosystem quality and services translated into environmental
management policies through enhanced eco-hydrological approaches.
- Sustainable
urban water management improved, especially in developing
countries, though expanded knowledge base.
- Freshwater education
programme developed within the framework of the Decade
of Education for Sustainable Development.
- Enhanced knowledge
of the world’s freshwater resources.
- National disasters
mitigated through strengthened networks and capacities
for monitoring and assessment.
- The mitigation of the impact
of hydrological extremes and freshwater-related disasters
improved through integrated management approaches.
- Disaster
preparedness and public awareness promoted especially among
vulnerable and weakened communities through education.
- Strengthening
the network of IHP National Committees and Focal Points,
and water-related UNESCO Category II Centres and Chairs
in Latin America and the Caribbean
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