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UNU Update | |
The newsletter of United Nations
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Issue 19: September 2002 |
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Headwaters symposium first contribution to International Year of Freshwater 2003 An international symposium to promote, develop and evaluate land management strategies that advance sustainable management of headwaters will be the first of a series of UN University contributions to International Year of Freshwater 2003. The International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Headwater
Resources, co-organised with Kenya's United States International
University, will be held in Nairobi September 5-8. Collaborating
organisations include UNESCO-Nairobi, UN Centre for Human Settlements
(HABITAT), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Located in the highest and most remote regions of the watershed, headwaters are among the more important resources in any ecosystem. often serving as the primary source of freshwater. Headwaters issues from all around the world will be discussed at the symposium which will also include a field trip to the Aberdare headwater sites in the Mt. Kenya region. |
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