This poster was created by FAO to celebrate the International Day of Forests 2016. The theme of 2016's celebration is "Forests and Water" and aims to raise awareness of how forests are key to the planet’s supply of freshwater, which is essential for life.

Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

This document contains the proceedings of the Subregional Workshop on Land Water Information Systems (LWRIS) in the Caribbean, held in Barbados in October 2000. The meeting was organized by FAO Land and Water Development Division (AGL), in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural and Research Development Institute.

Esta nota informativa cubre 20 años de historia de recopilación y análisis de datos relativos al agua y su divulgación como bien común internacional, de acceso libre para todos. La base de datos principal de países sobre recursos hídricos y sus usos – en sí misma supone un gran reto por la dicultad de presentar la información en términos uniformes—cons - tituye la plataforma para organizar y presentar más de 180 variables e indicadores que pueden buscarse y extraerse para todos los países y para diferentes regiones a lo largo de un extenso periodo de tiempo.

A workable water abstraction licensing scheme is one in which users are able to comply with its provisions and the water authority is able to administer and enforce it efficiently and effectively. Such a scheme aims to formalize users’ water rights in an environment where there are concerns about scarcity, pollution, or competing uses, or where other doubts have arisen because water abstraction is unregulated. In such a system, water can be allocated among diverse users and diverse water use sectors in accordance with the government’s priorities and plans.

Investments in water have played a critical role in promoting socio-economic development in rural Asia. Sustainable management of water resources remains a prerequisite for development and reducing poverty and hunger. Water is a key factor affecting agricultural production and reduction of rural poverty. Most small farmers live in areas with poor natural resource conditions, where water-related constraints are a root cause of low production and increasing vulnerability to natural disasters and climate variability.

This publication summarized the activities of the project (Coping with water scarcity – the role of agriculture- Phase III: Strengthening national capacities in Lebanon). The project has helped improve the national, regional and local capacity to cope with water scarcity, as a result of an improved knowledge on how water is being used in the agricultural sector. The ultimate beneficiaries of the project were the communities of the Bekaa area, who benefited from development programme, the pilot project and interventions utilizing water for agriculture and more efficiently.

Meeting symbol/code: ALAWUC/NE/12

This local level land resources assessment methodology (LADA-Local) was produced within the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project. See Box 1 for the LADA project objectives and outcomes and the website http://www.fao.org/nr/lada">www.fao.org/nr/lada for further information.

El propósito de las insignias de las Naciones Unidas es despertar conciencia, educar y, sobre todo, motivar a los jóvenes a cambiar su comportamiento y a ser agentes de cambio activos en sus comunidades locales. Las insignias son apropiadas para ser utilizadas con clases escolares y con grupos juveniles, y están patrocinadas por la AMGS y la OMMS. Estas incluyen una amplia gama de actividades e ideas que pueden ser fácilmente adaptadas por los maestros, los profesores o los dirigentes.

En el presente estudio se examinan las posibilidades de producción piscícola en los canales de riego. El examen se divide en las cuatro partes siguientes: aspectos de ingeniería de los sistemas de riego; factores que limitan la producción piscícola en los canales; malezas y hierbas acuáticas, y problemas que plantean en los canales de riego. La cría en jaulas en los canales de riego se expone mediante estudios sobre esta práctica en Indonesia, Egipto y Tailandia, mientras que para la cría en corrales se presenta un estudio en China.