Today is World Water Day
The answer is in nature how can we reduce floods, droughts and water pollution? By using the solutions we already find in nature.
This year’s theme – Nature for Water – explores how we can use nature to overcome the water challenges of the 21st century.
Environmental damage, together with climate change, is driving the water-related crises we see around the world. Floods, drought and water pollution are all made worse by degraded vegetation, soil, rivers and lakes.
When we neglect our ecosystems, we make it harder to provide everyone with the water we need to survive and thrive.
Nature-based solutions have the potential to solve many of our water challenges. We need to do so much more with ‘green’ infrastructure and harmonise it with ‘grey’ infrastructure wherever possible. Planting new forests, reconnecting rivers to floodplains, and restoring wetlands will re-balance the water cycle and improve human health and livelihoods.
Very happy Thursday to you! Today is #WorldWaterDay. We must always use water sparingly and fix/report leakages. It's also a day to remember that in 2018 there are still families, communities without water infrastructure and leaders need to act. Water is life! 🌍💦❤
— Ulrich Janse van Vuuren (@UlrichJvV) March 22, 2018
Today is #WorldWaterDay💧
2.1 billion people lack safe water at home, putting them at risk of:
Cholera
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
Hepatitis A
Typhoid
Poliohttps://t.co/Mc0eHtkrNG pic.twitter.com/Cdsnm9LYxk— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 21, 2018
Water is food.
Water is survival.
Water is life. #EveryDrop counts. #WorldWaterDay 💧 pic.twitter.com/y8GtxJuWA9— FAO Knowledge (@FAOKnowledge) March 21, 2018
Nature-based solutions for water bring social, economic & environmental benefits:
Improved human health & livelihoods 👩🏾⚕️👨🏼🌾
Sustainable economic growth 📈
Protecting/enhancing biodiversity 🌳🐘: https://t.co/UfBFzqC9kj#WorldWaterDay pic.twitter.com/4Jl5hi4sAg— UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) March 19, 2018
Know about our reservoirs👇🏽 #WorldWaterDay #SaveTheLastDrop ^LM pic.twitter.com/c5W3wU9YlT
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) March 22, 2018
source: worldwaterday.org
