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Integrated water resources management in the Mediterranean region

Water supply represent a long lastin problem in the Mediterranean region, and particularly on the the islands and in isolated areas. This conclusion was reached after several years experiance in solving these problems, within the activities of the UNEP Center for Priority Actions on the Mediterranean. The shortage of the water imposes increasing demands upon the water management and on the policy makers, since this problem is not only technical but is becoming a socio-economic problem of wide interes. The paper present the activities of the UNEP-PAP Center, the gained experience and the suggestions for solving the problems related to water resources management as a part of an integrated environmental management system. This paper presents the main characteristics of two pilot projects too.

Management; water resources; integrated approach; Mediterranean; PAP

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