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IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) Coverage
IISD RS has provided daily web coverage from this Forum. In addition, IISD RS will produce a summary report from this meeting on Monday, 1 December 2014. |
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First International Environment Forum for Basin Organizations
26-28 November 2014 | Nairobi, Kenya |
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Daily Web Coverage (Click on the following links to see our daily webpages)
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The First International Environment Forum for Basin Organizations will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from 26-28 November 2014. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is organizing the forum in cooperation with the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) to strengthen the transboundary governance of freshwater resources and ensure their sustainability.
The event aims to bring together managers of river basin organizations, international financial institutions, secretariats of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and UN agencies to share their experiences regarding the implementation of environmental obligations and management of trade-offs concerning the care and utilization of rivers, lakes, aquifers, wetlands and other water bodies, their associated habitats and ecosystems. The Forum takes place following the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses in August 2014.
The forum will discuss themes of water quality and ecosystem health, the water-energy-food nexus and adaptation to climate change, environmental laws and regulations, and institutional challenges.
A high-level segment will take place on 28 November with ministers, heads of river basin organizations and other guests on the way forward for the sustainable governance and management of freshwater basins.
IISD RS will provide daily web coverage and a summary report of the Forum. Kindly return to this site on Wednesday, 26 November 2014, for more information.
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