strategy
Providing public information for water users
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends dissemination of information, including operational guidelines, and promotion of education for water users, including the consideration by the UN of a World Water Day.
Broader:
Supplying public informationPreparing comprehensive catalogues of water resource information at different sources Narrower:
Training women in water managementProviding public information on transboundary water pollutionProviding public information on improving rational use of water resources Constrained by:
Concealing environmental information Facilitates:
Managing waterProviding public access to environmental informationIncreasing public information in water resource planning Facilitated by:
Collecting data on water Organizations:
African Water Network Subjects:
Hydrology → WaterInformation → Information
Amenities → Consumers
Government → Public
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
