UN URGES COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE ‘WATER SECURE WORLD’ ON DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

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UN URGES COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE 'WATER SECURE WORLD' ON DAY FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYNew York, May 22 2013 12:00PMUnless greater
efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of
freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the
<"http://www.cbd.int/idb/">International Day for Biological Diversity
and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect
natural resources.

"We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often
outstrips supply and where water quality often fails to meet minimum
standards. Under current trends, future demands for water will not be
met," Mr. Ban said in his
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=6831">message for the
Day.

"Although seemingly abundant, only a tiny amount of the water on our
planet is easily available as freshwater," he added.

Of the total volume of water on Earth, freshwater makes up around 35
million km3, or about 2.5 per cent of the total volume, according to
the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Water scarcity affects almost every continent and more than 40 per
cent of the people on our planet, the UN Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO) said. With current trends, 1.8 billion people will
be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity by
2025, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under
water stressed conditions.

"Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides are central to
achieving the vision of a water secure world," Mr. Ban said, noting
the mutually supporting roles of forests, wetlands and soil
biodiversity.

"Integrating nature-based solutions into urban planning can also help
us build better water futures for cities, where water stresses may be
especially acute given the rapid pace of urbanization," he added.

This year's theme for the Day is 'Water and Biodiversity', which
coincides with the UN designation of 2013 as
<"http://www.unwater.org/watercooperation2013.html">International Year
of Water Cooperation. The Year is being coordinated by UNESCO on
behalf of UN-Water.

"This is an opportunity for us to join efforts to enhance fair and
innovative water management arrangements and to share best practices
for the preservation of wetlands – streams, lakes, coasts and marine
zones – that play a substantial role in ensuring biodiversity," Irina
Bokova, head of UNESCO, said in her message for the Day.

Ms. Bokova and Mr. Ban noted the importance of strong scientific
alliances as part of a global effort to protect natural resources.
They encouraged parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity who
have not already done so to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on the fair and
equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of
genetic resources. Adopted in 2010, the Nagoya Protocol also sets a
goal of cutting the current extinction rate by half or more by 2020.

Recognizing the importance of biodiversity, the UN General Assembly
encouraged the use of the Convention on Biological Diversity's
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Targets in the
elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda. Last year's
Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) also recognized the
role of ecosystems in maintaining water quantity and quality.

He stressed that a focus on water and biodiversity is particularly
important now as the international community strives to hasten
progress towards the eight anti-poverty targets known as the
Millennium Development Goals by the 2015 deadline and to plan a new
set of development targets.

"As the international community strives to accelerate its efforts to
achieve the Millennium Development Goals and define a post-2015
agenda, including a set of goals for sustainable development, water
and biodiversity are important streams in the discussion," he
noted.May 22 2013 12:00PM
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