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The collective goal was to expand participation to one million people in 100 countries by 2012. In January 2015 the management of World Water Monitoring Day was transferred to EarthEcho International. 2008 saw students from Indonesia [2] to Arkansas [3] taking part in water sampling to bring attention to the importance of water quality.
World Water Day is an international observance day. The intention is to inspire people around the world to learn more about water-related issues and to take action to make a difference. [1] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an additional focus on hand washing and hygiene. [9] Relevant issues include water scarcity, water ...
Every two years, the JMP release its latest estimates on the use of various types of drinking-water sources and sanitation facilities at the national, regional and global levels. [4] The next report "Progress on household drinking water sanitation and hygiene: 2000-2020", was released in July 2021 at JMP website.
The 2nd World Water Forum in The Hague from 17 to 22 March 2000 generated much debate on the World Water Vision [6] and the associated Framework for Action, [7] dealing with the state and ownership of water resources, their development potential, management and financing models, and their impact on poverty, social, cultural and economic ...
One of EarthEcho's outreach activities is the "EarthEcho Water Challenge", formerly called "World Water Monitoring Day", an annual event promoting citizen monitoring of their local water resources. [ 2 ]
The first UN World Water Development Report, called “Water for People, Water for Life” was presented at the third World Water Forum in Japan in 2003. The report provides an assessment of the globe’s water crisis and assesses progress in 11 challenge areas (health, food, environment, shared water resources, cities, industry, energy, risk ...
The United Nations World Water Development Report. The United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR) is the UN-Water flagship report on water. It is a comprehensive review that gives an overall picture of the state, use and management of the world’s freshwater resources and aims to provide decision-makers with tools to formulate and ...
World Otter Day [66] [67] May 25 World Dugong Day [68] [69] May 28 Black Birders Week: May 29 World No Tobacco Day: May 31 World Parrot Day [70] [71] [72] May 31 World Reef Day [73] [74] June 1 World Peatlands Day: June 2 World Bicycle Day [75] June 3 World Environment Day: June 5 Solomon Memorial Day: June 5 World Oceans Day: June 8 Coral ...