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Managing degraded river basins

Synonyms:
Rationalizing use of resources in catchment and river basins
Remediating fluvial environments
Restoring water catchments
Broader:
Managing the environment
Restoring environmental damage
Rehabilitating degraded ecosystems
Coordinating international river basin development
Instituting integrated management of water catchments
Enabling local community management of aquatic resources
Narrower:
Rehabilitating rivers
Rehabilitating important catchment areas
Facilitates:
Collecting water
Improving waterways
Restoring damaged wetlands to productive condition
Facilitated by:
Reclaiming land
Conserving land resources
Restoring river ecosystems
Opposing development of rivers
Educating in flood and river control
Problems:

Mismanagement of environmental demand
Mismanagement of irrigation schemes
Values:
Abuse
Unused
Underuse
Degradation
Organizations:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Danube Environmental Forum
International Association for Danube Research
European Network of Experimental and Representative Basins
Danube Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Supreme Council of the Danube
Greening the Danube
Subjects:
Hydrology → Water
Hydrology → Rivers and lakes
Geology → Land and coastal forms
Resources → Resources
Societal Problems → Vulnerability
Management → Management
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 6: Clean Water and SanitationGOAL 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 14: Life Below WaterGOAL 15: Life on Land

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

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