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Looking back: 2003
- International Year of Freshwater
The
United Nations General
Assembly in resolution 55/196 proclaimed the year 2003 as the
International
Year of Freshwater. It encouraged Governments, the United Nations
system
and all other actors to take advantage of the Year to increase
awareness
of the importance of sustainable freshwater use, management and
protection.
It also called upon governments, national and international
organizations,
non-governmental organizations and the private sector to make voluntary
contributions and to lend other forms of support to the Year.
The
enormous floods
in Europe in summer and winter of the years passed, which
took place also in other parts of the world, brought this element and
the
freshwater ecosystems closer to us all, not only to people directly
involved.
We are fascinated by water and water bodies. On the other hand, we are
threatened. Without water, however, life is impossible.
In
consequence, the
ecology of the water systems gaines more and more attention concerning
questions on
- life
communities, plants
and animals in lakes, rivers, brooks or springs
- ecological
mechanisms within
a water body and its relations to the adjacent land
- biological,
chemical or
physical processes
- effects
of toxicants on
the water and its life communities
- protection
from pollutions,
their management and control
- restoration
of destroyed
oder severly damaged waters etc.
We have a
long experience
and high competence in the subjects listed above. If you want to use
our
knowledge, in case you
- like
to
assess the ecological
impacts of your enterprise, to enhance or control them
- want
to
draw a concept
for a nature conservation sponsoring
- need
a
study on a water
body, it´s use or damage
- need
an
ecological survey
of a water body
- search
for a plan to re-vitalize
or restore a water body
- as
a
journalist, like to
write an article and need special consult etc.
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