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Progress on level of water stress - Global baseline for SDG 6 Indicator 6.4.2

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Uganda, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, South Africa, Senegal, Togo, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Jordan, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Micronesia
capacity development
natural resources management
water management
Access to safe water and sanitation and sound management of freshwater ecosystems are at the core of sustainable development. This is the aim of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which includes approaches to water management such as environmental flow requirements, international cooperation, capacity building and stakeholder participation.
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Progress on water use efficiency - Global baseline for SDG 6 Indicator 6.4.1

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Micronesia, Peru, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Jordan, Uganda, Turkmenistan, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Netherlands, Senegal, Burundi, Chile, Azerbaijan, Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, South Sudan
water management
Access to safe water and sanitation and sound management of freshwater ecosystems are at the very core of sustainable development. This is the aim of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which includes approaches to water management supported by international cooperation, capacity building and stakeholder participation.Indicator 6.4.1 has been designed to assess the economic and social use of water resources in terms of the value added when they are used in different sectors of the economy.
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Systematic index of international water resources treaties, declarations, acts and cases, by basin Vol. II

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Equatorial Guinea, Italy, Turkey, Afghanistan, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Ghana, Iran, Venezuela, Senegal, Guyana, Mongolia, China, Gabon, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire
natural resources management
water management
In 1978 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a Systematic Index of International Water Resources Treaties, Declarations, Acts and Cases by Basin (Legislative Study No. 15). The Index covered some 2000 international legal instruments the earliest dating from the year 805 and the most recent 1977.
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One million cisterns for the Sahel initiative

Institutional & promotional materials
August, 2018
Burkina Faso, Gambia, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Niger, Brazil, Africa
natural resources management
water management
This brochure highlights the objectives and key information of the FAO project entitled “One million cisterns for the Sahel”. It aims to illustrate the project activities’ expected positive impacts in terms of food security, agricultural activities and nutrition among beneficiairies. The objective is to inform FAO partners and donors on this innovative initiative aiming to introduce rainwater harvesting and storage systems at the community level.
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Respuestas jurídicas e institucionales al aumento de la demanda de agua

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Kenya, Mauritania, Israel, El Salvador, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Indonesia, Venezuela, Australia, Bolivia, Argentina, India, Senegal, Paraguay, Mexico
water management
La FAO ha presentado a título de contribución a la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Agua un documento de base titulado "Agua para la Agricultura" (DOC. E/CONF.70/ 11).
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WATER and PEOPLE: whose right is it?

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Nepal, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Lesotho, Syrian Arab Republic, Ecuador, Gambia, India, Senegal, Thailand, Lebanon
natural resources management
water management
water rights
women
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AQUA STAT: counting every drop

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2014
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Nepal, El Salvador, Mali, Belarus, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Austria, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Malawi, Cape Verde, Switzerland, Kenya, Hungary, Madagascar, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Senegal
agricultural land management
water management
natural resources management
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AQUASTAT: contando cada gota

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2014
Angola, Fiji, North Macedonia, Benin, El Salvador, Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Djibouti, Australia, Bolivia, Austria, Congo, Venezuela, Guinea, Malawi, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Liberia, Uganda, Madagascar, Senegal, Paraguay
agricultural land management
water management
natural resources management
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El Estado de los recursos de tierras y aguas del mundo para la alimentación y la agricoltura

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Angola, Qatar, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Malta, Israel, Chile, Zimbabwe, China, Australia, Bolivia, Congo, Colombia, Kenya, Yemen, Kuwait, Argentina, India, Senegal, Chad
natural resources management
water management
land
land use
land management
En un mundo cada vez más poblado y con unos patrones de consumo cambiantes, la humanidad aún puede hacer mucho para planificar y gestionar la futura evolución de los recursos hídricos y del suelo. Después de varias décadas de inversiones escasas, gestión inadecuada y falta de gobernanza, las pruebas son evidentes.
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The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011
Bangladesh, United States of America, China, Australia, Canada, Senegal, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Niger, Chad, New Zealand, Yemen, Mexico, Italy, Argentina, India, Russia, Sudan, Romania, Saudi Arabia
natural resources management
water management
land
land use
land management
This edition of The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture presents objective and comprehensive information and analyses on the current state, trends and challenges facing two of the most important agricultural production factors: land and water.