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United Nations Forum on Forests: Report on the Ninth Session (1 May 2009 and 24 January to 4 February 2011)

United Nations Forum on Forests: Report on the Tenth Session

The Bolivia Summit of the Americas declared in 1996 that despite extensive efforts by countries in the Americas to improve water use and management, demand continues to rise while contamination has...

By the year 2025, it is estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's population will be urban dwellers. In Water for Urban Areas, leading experts offer unique insights into varied issues of...

This is the official report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its eleventh session during the period of 19 April 2013 and 4-15 May 2015.

Due to the large disparity in the availability of water between the wet northern region and the drier south parts of Southern Africa, water management has become an issue of critical importance to...

This is the official report submitted to the Economic and Social Council by the United Nations Forum on Forests on its twelfth session (25 April 2016 and 1 to 5 May 2017).

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface and play an important part in our lives by controlling climate and weather conditions; hosting shipping, transportation, recreation and...

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins contain the largest number of the world's poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily and unless the current development trends are broken...

In the Middle East and North Africa, water is rapidly becoming the key development issue. The region has one of the highest population growth rates in the world and scarce natural water supplies. This...