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AN: H11H-02    [Abstracts]
TI: United States contributions to international hydrology and the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme
AU: * Larsen, M C
EM: mclarsen@usgs.gov
AF: U.S. Geological Survey, 436 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, United States
AU: Schneider, V R
EM: vrschnei@usgs.gov
AF: U.S. Geological Survey, 436 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, United States
AB: The combination of climate change, population growth, and growing use of irrigated agriculture has resulted in increased stress on water resources around the world. The problem is worsened with the expansion of population centers in water-scarce regions, for example in the southwestern United States, central Mexico, along the Mediterranean coast of Africa, southern India, and southeast Australia. As such, water has emerged as a global issue that requires international cooperation on assessment, research, and management. Entities such as the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) focus activities on water research, water resources management, education, and capacity-building. The U.S. National Committee for UNESCO IHP, reorganized in 2006, includes members of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, U.S. government agencies, academic institutions, and external organizations with expertise in hydrology and hydraulics. The responsibilities of the U.S. National Committee for IHP are to: provide programmatic advice to IHP; assist in supporting other UNESCO water resources activities; represent U.S. domestic and international water activities to UNESCO; support IHP training, research, and capacity building efforts from a U.S. perspective; recommend and support the participation of other U.S. water programs in the IHP; and advise the U.S. Government on its participation in UNESCO and the IHP. Working through its membership, the U.S. National Committee for UNESCO IHP seeks to build improved relationships and involve and provide opportunities to the U.S. hydrological community.
UR: http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/IHP
DE: 1807 Climate impacts
DE: 1834 Human impacts
DE: 1880 Water management (6334)
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting