CBD Thematic reports

Inland waters Biodiversity.

- Inland water systems are located within continental and island boundaries and comprise both fresh and saline systems. They include lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, groundwater, springs, cave waters, floodplains, as well as bogs, marshes and swamps, which are traditionally grouped as inland wetlands. They are valuable for biodiversity and associated ecosystem services that provide sources of water, food and income.

- Inland waters was adopted as a CBD thematic area at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Decision IV/4). At its seventh meeting, the CoP adopted a revised and elaborated programme of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems (Decision VII/4). The Convention’s inland waters programme promotes the ecosystem approach, including integrated watershed management, as the best way to reconcile competing demands with dwindling supplies of inland waters. It also identifies the actions that Parties need to carry out to halt the trend of biodiversity loss including monitoring, assessment and evaluation of biological diversity of inland water ecosystems, conducting Environmental Impact Assessments of water development projects, development of pollution prevention strategies and the choice and use of appropriate technology. Trans-boundary co-operation and the involvement of local and indigenous communities in ecosystem management are promoted.

Egypt Implementation

		Egypt 2nd National Report -- Inland Waters Biodiversity [English]
		Egypt 3rd National Report -- Inland Waters Biodiversity [Arabic]
		Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems-- Egypt
		Africa Lake Biodiversity Conservation Priorities Legend

- Egypt Expertise  ??

- Egypt Policy and Management Techniques. ??

See aslo:

Convention Progress in Addressing Inland Water Biodiversity
- Up to date information on overall progress in addressing Inland Waters Biodiversity is available on the CBD website, including introductory information, the Revised Programme of Work on Inland Water Biological Diversity, case studies, relevant COP decisions and documents.

URL: http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/areas/water/default.asp