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Nature has solution to water crisis
03-25-2009, 09:50 PM
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Nature has solution to water crisis
Nature has solution to water crisis



Associated Press of Pakistan

KARACHI: The nature has the solution to the water crisis, says an IUCN statement issued here.

It said that the minister at the World Water Forum being held in Istanbul, Turkey, need to pay more attention to the environment if they want to solve the world's water crisis. `Governments have to realize that nature has a vital role to play in giving people clean drinking water, food and livelihoods, said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of IUCN.

`We don't want an engineered agenda. If we invest in the natural environment we will see countless benefits and leave a better world for future generations', it was further pointed out. More than 900 million people around the world lack access to a safe and adequate water supply and two-thirds of the world's population will face water shortages by 2025. `The situation is only going to get worse in the face of the growing threats posed by climate change, remarked Mark Smith, Head of IUCN's Water Programme.

`But if we look after the world's river basins, lakes and wetlands, we stand a better chance of being able to cope with the effects of global warming.

These areas can act as shields to help protect us from floods and store precious drinking water'. Pressure on water resources is increasing rapidly as the world's population grows, nature is destroyed and households, agriculture, industry and power generation demand more water.

`We need to find ways to make sure that everybody gets their fair share of water but at the same time, make sure that the environment doesn't miss out', Smith added. `The message from Istanbul is clear.

As ministers prepare for the key climate change conference this December in Copenhagen, they must make sure water is firmly on the climate change agenda'. `The end of the world isn't nigh but it will be dry if nothing is done to protect this most precious of resources', added

Marton-Lefèvre. `In this time of economic crises, IUCN calls on business leaders and governments to invest in nature as the best way of promoting a healthy economic future'.

http://thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtli...56&catid=2
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