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Time to devise better strategies to use and conserve scarce water

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Time to devise better strategies to use and conserve scarce water add a comment about this item

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December 2009

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The UN Secretary General warned this month that over half the world’s people are threatened by conflict or political instability caused by water shortages. In an opinion piece to mark world water day, Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to begin developing strategies to use water more efficiently and share it more fairly.

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WATER RESOURCES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRINKING WATER

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The UN

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http://www.un.org/apps/n ... water&Cr1

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Drinking Water [3125]

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owner: Robert Holland

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added: 25 March 2008

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