Definition: This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Water Country seeks to break Guinness World Record
Seacoast Online - 5/22/2013 5:55:44 AM
PORTSMOUTH — Water Country will join forces with the nation's top water safety and training organizations next month to present the World's Largest Swimming Lesson. The goal is to build awareness about the importance of teaching children to ...
Pollution risks worse for developing world women
United Press International - 5/21/2013 10:28:56 AM
{WOMENSENEWS}--Standing ankle deep in black oil in a green field in Nigeria, Donna Vorhees was startled not by the pollutant inching up her boots, but by the two barefoot women inching past her. "They were harvesting cassava root even though ...
World Bank Launches US$40 Million Phase II of its Water Partnership Program
The World Bank Group - 5/21/2013 3:15:16 PM
countries will not be able to achieve water security and inclusive green growth. The launch of the WPP in 2009 was part of the World Bank’s response to the global water challenges. Phase I of the program funded over 200 activities in more than ...
World Bank Supports Irrigation Systems Enhancement in Armenia
The World Bank Group - 5/22/2013 10:23:35 PM
This will potentially bring about 2,400 ha of formerly irrigated agricultural fields back to irrigation, leading to increased agricultural production. “The Bank’s support to agriculture in Armenia has continued for the last two decades ...
Swimmer Cullen Jones on the Road for Water Safety
ABC News - 5/22/2013 3:21:15 PM
In Beijing and London, U.S. Olympian Cullen Jones was fierce in the water, bringing home gold and silver and setting a world ... Summer's almost here and that means pools, lakes and ocean beaches for millions of kids, but it's a precarious ...
U.S. Strategy on Water, Development a “Major Advance”
ipsnews.net - 5/22/2013 12:40:47 AM
“Achieving water ... “Plus, you can’t forget about the poor communities in middle-income countries. The new strategy can be very pro-poor, depending on how one interprets it, but these are issues on which we need to continue to work with USAID.”
Eating Peas and Greens to Maximise Water Usage
ipsnews.net - 5/22/2013 2:45:27 PM
NAIROBI , May 22 2013 (IPS) - Amid warnings that Kenya’s agricultural water use is surpassing sustainable levels and adversely affecting food security, biodiversity researchers say that agrobiodiversity should be considered as a vital tool to combat this.
First Water Integrity Forum comes off June 2013 in Delft, Netherlands
ghanabusinessnews.com - 5/22/2013 7:57:26 AM
Water is essential for people, food security, energy, environment, and for social and economic development. It underpins progress in health, equity, gender equality, well-being and economic progress in developing countries but also in the world ...
UN urges collective efforts to achieve ‘water secure world’ on Day for Biological Diversity
ReliefWeb - 5/22/2013 7:53:16 PM
22 May 2013 – Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to ...
Water to become the main focus in 2013′s International Biodiversity Day
Spy Ghana - 5/22/2013 9:44:48 AM
According to the secretariat, “Providing and sustaining water for the needs of people around the world is already well recognised as a major challenge for sustainable development in most areas in both developed and developing countries. The ecosystems of ...
Water, the Great Regional Threat
thediplomat.com - 5/22/2013 8:11:45 AM
“It is an expression of intention to place importance on water management and in inter-country collaboration for the managing ... which want to build two of the world's biggest hydro-electric power stations, have dominated their relationship ...
Leading a Push for Clean Water
New York Times - 5/22/2013 1:45:12 AM
A combination of apathy among officials at the state level, degradation of the environment and the ... the men who dominate public policy decision-making have different priorities. The researchers analyzed two states where villages often lack ...
World Biodiversity Day: It's time for celebration
Times of India - 5/22/2013 9:37:39 AM
The three Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle - have all been a part of our daily lives. Most developed countries are taking up this process by letting residents know that they need to be putting out garbage once a week on that designated day.
What are businesses doing for World Water Day?
Mother Nature Network - 5/19/2013 11:53:02 PM
$450,000 grant to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The grant will fund a multi-objective water stewardship program focused on preserving Taihu Lake in China. Taihu Lake is the third largest freshwater lake in the country and is a primary water source for ...
UN Urges Collective Efforts to Achieve ‘Water Secure World’
Scoop - 5/22/2013 10:37:54 PM
New York, May 22 2013 - Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to ...
