Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) of SPC
Publication Year:
2007
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
125 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34465
Legacy PEIN ID:
74466
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Water resource - Management - Papua New Guinea
Wastewater - Management - Papua New Guinea
Sustainable development - Papua New Guinea
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Catchment - Oceania - Pacific
Papua New Guinea
Catchment - Papua New Guinea
Abstract
Water is essential for human, faunal and floral physiology. Water sustains life and is essential for climatic equilibrium, the maintenance of ecosystems, agriculture, industrial processing and hydropower. In many countries, increasing population, natural resource extraction, food production, industrial activity and other land uses are producing diffuse and point source discharges which carry a wide range of contaminants into water bodies and affect the quality and quantity of water for other uses. This situation is caused by ineffective assessment, planning, utilisation and management of water by water resources management authorities, water supply and sewage disposal service providers and other sectoral users of water resources. There is an immediate and critical need for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in a catchment unit in order to ensure the sustainable use of the available water resources.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) of SPC
Publication Year:
2007
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
125 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34465
Legacy PEIN ID:
74466
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 07-Mar-2008
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021