Urgent Action Needed to Avoid Irreversible Groundwater Depletion

Human Wrongs Watch Daegu/Rome/Washington, D.C. – FAO, UNESCO, the World Bank, GEF and the International Association of Hydrogeologists have on 10 April 2015 called for action by the global community to manage the increasingly urgent depletion and degradation of limited groundwater resources. A Senegalese farmer transfers well water into a holding container. | Source: FAO Ahead of the 7th World Water Forum in South Korea (12-17 April), the five organizations have proposed a set of principles governments can use for better groundwater management.* The 2030 Vision and Global Framework for Action represent a bold call for collective, responsible action by governments and the global community to ensure sustainable use of groundwater.



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