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A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists [View all]
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/gwsp-amo052313.php[font face=Serif]Public release date: 24-May-2013
Contact: Terry Collins
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Contact: Alma van der Veen
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Global Water System Project
[font size=5]A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists[/font]
[font size=4]Bonn Declaration issued by 500 scientists at 'Water in the Anthropocene' conference[/font]
[font size=3]A conference of 500 leading water scientists from around the world today issued a stark warning that, without major reforms, "in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water, an absolutely essential natural resource for which there is no substitute. This handicap will be self-inflicted and is, we believe, entirely avoidable."
The scientists bluntly pointed to chronic underlying problems led by mismanagement and sent a prescription to policy makers in a 1,000-word declaration issued at the end of a four-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, "Water in the Anthropocene," organized by the Global Water System Project and detailed in a pre-conference release: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/gwsp-sig051413.php
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http://www.gwsp.org/fileadmin/documents_news/Bonn_Water_Declaration_final.pdfContact: Terry Collins
tc@tca.tc
416-538-8712
Contact: Alma van der Veen
49-228-731846
aveen@uni-bonn.de
Global Water System Project
[font size=5]A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists[/font]
[font size=4]Bonn Declaration issued by 500 scientists at 'Water in the Anthropocene' conference[/font]
[font size=3]A conference of 500 leading water scientists from around the world today issued a stark warning that, without major reforms, "in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water, an absolutely essential natural resource for which there is no substitute. This handicap will be self-inflicted and is, we believe, entirely avoidable."
The scientists bluntly pointed to chronic underlying problems led by mismanagement and sent a prescription to policy makers in a 1,000-word declaration issued at the end of a four-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, "Water in the Anthropocene," organized by the Global Water System Project and detailed in a pre-conference release: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/gwsp-sig051413.php
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