International Environmental Law and Policy

Fresh Water
2000 Developments

08/24/00	Non-profit group releases report on severe water shortages in the next 25 years, particularly in Africa and the Middle East
08/03/00	African nations seek global conservation status for Lake Chad under international wetland convention
04/11/00	Secretary of State Albright calls for a global initiative on transboundary water resources to address global water shortages, drought, and water-borne diseases
03/28/00	Environmentalists and others charge that ministers at the second World Water Forum have failed to acknowledge the existence of a world water crisis
02/14/00	World Bank's GEF granted the Mekong River Commission $11 million of funding to improve sustainable water management among Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam