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Highlights for Saturday, 21 March 2009
On Saturday, participants attended two special focus sessions on “irrigation: efficient use of water in agriculture” and “climate-related disasters.” The thematic process came to a close, with wrap-up sessions on the themes “advancing human development and the MDGs,” “managing and protecting water resources,” and “education, knowledge and capacity development.” Ministers attended a series of roundtables to prepare for the Ministerial Conference Closing, to be held on Sunday. The Major Groups, which have convened on the sides of the Forum, also prepared for their closing sessions. |
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Efficient Use of Water in Agriculture: Organized by Mexico, China, and Turkey |
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Climate-Related Disasters |
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Thematic Wrap-up 2 |
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Thematic Wrap-up on Managing and Protecting Water Resources |
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Thematic Wrap-up on Education, Knowledge and Capacity Development |
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Which are the operational tools that enable transboundary cooperation and sound basin management? |
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How can we bridge the divide between various users whose lives depend on common water resources? |
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The need for better management and protection of surface, ground, soil and rain water |
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Water Education and Schools: Bridging Divides for Future Generations |
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Participants discussed cultural considerations in water education and water-saving strategies. |
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The Road Less Travelled (No More)? Summing it all up |
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Bridging the 4th and 5th World Water Forums |
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Oktay Tabasaran, Secretary General of the 5th World Water Forum, thanked Mexican friends for the help they provided in preparing for the 5th Forum having hosted the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico City, Mexico in 2006.
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Green Forum Initiative: Hotel Greening Project: “Green Steps Award” Ceremony |
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The Green Forum Initiative has worked to reduce the environmental impacts of the 5th World Water Forum through waste-reducing projects and planting one tree for each Forum participant to help offset carbon dioxide emissions. Awards were presented to hotels, which through the Hotel Greening Project, were able to reduce their environmental impact.
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Happy Birthday, Nancy! |
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Around the Forum |
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