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The World Water Forum agreed on river basin management

news agency wam , 25 May 2024 - 19:48

Indonesian news agency ANTARA reported that the participants of the 10th meeting of WWF's World Water Forum agreed on river basin management to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs).


According to Amac News: The 10th meeting of the World Water Forum was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, from May 18 to 25, 2024, to discuss water conservation, clean water and sanitation, food and energy security, and natural disaster reduction.
Eric Tardio, Secretary General of the International Network of Watershed Organizations (INBO) said that the meeting participants welcomed the further consolidation of river basin management as a political priority by continuing to include river basin issues in high-level political sectors.
To achieve this, TBI will support joint capacity-building activities, such as webinars, face-to-face exchanges, and study visits, as well as the dissemination of learning on a global scale, such as peer-to-peer and community-based. Tardio informed.
Earlier, at the opening of the Watershed Sector Day, Minister of Public Works and Housing, Basuki Hadimuljono, said that cooperation is the key to successful management of watersheds or river basins.
A total of 244 water-related discussion sessions in this forum are expected to provide concrete results on global water management.
This assembly approved several ministerial declarations. 106 countries and 27 international organizations have joined this statement.
This announcement covers the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Water and Climate Security for capacity development and utilization of superior facilities.
The declaration also includes a proposal to designate a World Lakes Day to highlight lakes as a water resource that supports humans, in addition to their social and economic functions.
Meanwhile, 113 projects in the water and sewage sector worth 9 billion dollars have been approved in this assembly.
 


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