Ecosystem

Cooperation
framework and
approach for
integrated
management and
restoration of shared
water resources and
their associated
ecosystems

This session will address the issue of integrated natural resource management, with a focus on shared transboundary groundwater and its interaction with surface water. Relevant results obtained in the context of land restoration will be highlighted. It will also comprehensively address the challenges of integrating ecosystem accounting into countries' planning processes.
It will bring together representatives of basin organizations working in these areas, national or regional cooperation and/or development agencies and national partners.
The specific objectives are :