International Hydrological Programme

This is the most important thing because once you've created the right hydrological balance,

ESCWA participated in the 5th meeting of the Arab Committee for the International Hydrological Programme, at which most ESCWA countries were represented.

Other values, notably biodiversity, hydrological and climate regulation functions are public goods that benefit entire nations and the global community.

Identifying Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Data as a Hydrologic Model Input for Local Flood Plain Management.

Of relevance for the Water for Life Decade is the International Hydrological Programme, which is the UNESCO intergovernmental scientific cooperative programme for water resources.

It will also support such action with research and training projects under its core programmes, particularly the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme and the International Hydrological Programme.

Archival information from satellite systems is essential for modelling the hydrologic behaviour of watersheds and for long term planning of flood control and flood relief programmes.

Examples of such programmes are those undertaken within the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the Integrated Management of Coastal Systems (COMAR), the Programme on Man and the Biosphere and the International Hydrological Programme.

84. The WMO Commission for Hydrology met at Geneva in January 1993, and re established its Working Group on Hydrological Forecasting and Applications for Water Management.

In October 2004, the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO and the WMO Commission for Hydrology endorsed a concept paper that defined the mission of the Initiative.

32. The UNESCO IOC and UNESCO intergovernmental programmes e.g., the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) and the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) are carefully studying and evaluating the various aspects of the islands apos growth potential.

Support continues to be provided to the Hydrological Forecasting System for the River Niger Basin (HYDRONIGER) and to the regional meteorological training centres, regional meteorological specialized centres and the Tropical Cyclone Programme for the South West Indian Ocean countries.

Although several countries did not provide details of their observation stations, all Parties have synoptic, climatic, meteorological, sea level, rainfall and hydrological monitoring stations.

Geographical history shows us how serious and extended periods of drought lead to hydrological imbalances adversely affecting land production resource systems and shows us that such land degradation can contribute inexorably to the process of desertification.