Green Cross Burkina Faso is involved in activities to combat desertification and promote transboundary water resources management
Green Cross Swaziland: Water Pollution Surveillance project
Half the world's population lives in river basins shared by two or more countries, and lack of cooperation between those sharing these precious water resources is causing reduced living standards, devastating environmental problems, and even potential conflicts. It is hardly surprising that tensions - that could degenerate into violent conflicts - arise over this scarce and precious resource. The Water for Peace programme aims to promote cooperation and conflict resolution throughout the world's transboundary river basins. Through this programme, Green Cross is working with governments, local authorities and civil society to remove the obstacles to integrated and cooperative water management, and resolve related conflicts, in six important international basins across the world: the Parana La Plata, the Jordan, the Volga, the Okavango, the Volta and the Danube. This effort is also illustrated by GCI's current efforts to help protect limited water resources - including groundwater - from pollution in Israel and Palestine. In 2006, Green Cross International's global work on water won Mikhail Gorbachev the prestigious UNEP "Champion of the Earth" Award.
AFRICA - AMERICAS - ASIA PACIFIC - EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST
