Media Advisory: Water resources are under increasing stress: with burgeoning populations, growing economies and a changing climate, water scarcity and pollution are set to intensify.
Nature – in the form of river basins, forests, lakes and wetlands – provides the infrastructure necessary to address this challenge. At the 6th World Water Forum taking place in Marseille, France, from 12 to 17 March, IUCN will make sure that natural solutions are central to addressing the water needs of today and tomorrow.
With 140 ministerial delegations and 25,000 participants representing more than 180 countries, the World Water Forum is the world's largest meeting on water. It brings together politicians, policy makers, water engineers, environmental managers and communities.