Dr. Alice AureliDr. Alice AureliUNESCO IHPUNESCO IHP
Groundwater ResourcesGroundwater Resources
UNESCO´s work in UNESCO´s work in Groundwater andGroundwater and
Transboundary Aquifers Transboundary Aquifers Challenges and Long Term Challenges and Long Term
SolutionsSolutions
Side event- THE ROLE OF THE GROUNDWATER SILENT REVOLUTION: “MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP : Re-thinking global water scarcity and
security
J.MARGAT,UNESCO-BRGM,2008 as in the 3rd UNWWDR
Global Changes brought on by climate change, urbanization, ozone depletion, population growth, expansion of infrastructure, migration, land
conversion, pollution are altering the Earth and the way it functions
WATER FOOTPRINTNo institution or country can face the challenges
they pose alone
“MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP :Re-thinking global water scarcity and security
GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION
CHALLENGES
GROUNDWATER
?
•Climate
•Energy
•Food
SHARING WATER
TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS
GOVERNANCE, PARTICIPATION COOPERATION
+
GLOBAL CHANGES
UNESCO IHP INVENTORY OF TRANSBOUNDARY UNESCO IHP INVENTORY OF TRANSBOUNDARY
AQUIFERSAQUIFERS
2. Kupa
3. Kupa
4. Una
5. Cetina
6. Neretva
7. Sava1. Dragonja
30.Pelagonija& 31.Florina
Gevgelija 32.
Sandansky34.
9. Backa & Banat
10. Srem.
12. SW Serbia
11. West Serbia
13.
20. Central Serbia
14.
29.
16. Gaber-Nesla17. Znepole18. Tran
15. Zemen
Dojran.33 35.Gotze
Delchev36.Orvilos
37.Nastan38.Smolyan
39.Rudozem40.Erma Reka
46.Rezovska
45.Malko Tarnovo
41.Svilengrad42.Orestiada
43.Svilengrad44.Topolograd
25. Vjosa
26.Pagoni27.Mourgana
28.
19. East Serbia
8
47.Meric
Middle Sarmatian-Pontian GWB .22
23.Sarmatian & 24.Upper J urassic-Lower Cret.GWB
21.Upper Pannonian-Lower Pleistocene
2. Kupa
3. Kupa
4. Una
5. Cetina
6. Neretva
7. Sava1. Dragonja
30.Pelagonija& 31.Florina
Gevgelija 32.
Sandansky34.
9. Backa & Banat
10. Srem.
12. SW Serbia
11. West Serbia
13.
20. Central Serbia
14.
29.
16. Gaber-Nesla17. Znepole18. Tran
15. Zemen
Dojran.33 35.Gotze
Delchev36.Orvilos
37.Nastan38.Smolyan
39.Rudozem40.Erma Reka
46.Rezovska
45.Malko Tarnovo
41.Svilengrad42.Orestiada
43.Svilengrad44.Topolograd
25. Vjosa
26.Pagoni27.Mourgana
28.
19. East Serbia
8
47.Meric
Middle Sarmatian-Pontian GWB .22
23.Sarmatian & 24.Upper J urassic-Lower Cret.GWB
21.Upper Pannonian-Lower Pleistocene
More than ‘273 transboundary aquifer >15% of the land surface of the planet
>40% of population
Country 2
Country 1
FINANCE+DATAFINANCE+DATA++
MONITORING+MONITORING+
EDUCATION+EDUCATION+
AWARENESS+AWARENESS+
COOPERATION+COOPERATION+
CHANGING CHANGING ATTITUDEATTITUDE
What is missing?What is missing?
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION on RESOLUTION on
TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERSTRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS
UNILC-UNESCO IHPUNILC-UNESCO IHP2002-20082002-2008
NEEDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERSPROPER REGULATIONS,
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY, DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, PEACE,
STABILITY,
“HYDROPOLITICS AND HYDROECONOMICS OF SHARED GROUNDWATER RESOURCES: EXPERIENCE IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGIONS “MANUEL RAMÓN LLAMAS,Paper at the NATO Advanced Studies, Varna,2006
MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP :Re-thinking global water scarcity and security.
Are Groundwater Resources and Human Security intimately linked?
YES
INTERDEPENDENCIESINTERDEPENDENCIES
SOCIETALSOCIETALRESPONSESRESPONSES
STRESSSTRESS
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLEHYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
ECONOMYECOLOGY
CLIMATEGEOLOGY
QUALITY OF LIFE& ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES
•Dependent Economies •Dependent Ecosystems
INTERDEPENDENCIES
T. Shah 2002
Groundwater use for irrigation:India: 240 km3 China: 80 km3 (IAH 2003)
What willhappen to ASIA ?
GRONDWATER DEPENDENCY
J.Margat, UNESCO-BRGM 2008
What to conclude? YES What to conclude? YES The challenge we all haveThe challenge we all have
How to put groundwater and water resources in the mind of people?
political acknowledgement of thepolitical acknowledgement of the value and importance of value and importance of groundwater andgroundwater and
significant national and regional significant national and regional financial investment to establish financial investment to establish the physical and social frameworks the physical and social frameworks for groundwater management.for groundwater management.
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