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UN Survey Shows Declining Water Availability in Africa
UN Survey Shows Declining Water Availability in Africa, Highlights Solutions
New York, Nov
25 2010 6:10PM
The amount of water available per person
in Africa is declining and only 26 of the continent's 53
countries are currently on track to reduce by half the
number of people without sustainable access to clean
drinking water by 2015, according to a survey by the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released
today.
Furthermore, only five countries in Africa are expected to attain the target of reducing by half the proportion of the population without sustainable access to basic sanitation by 2015, the deadline of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a series of targets agreed to by all countries and leading development institutions to meet the needs of the world's poorest.
The Africa Water Atlas, compiled by UNEP at the request of the African Ministers' Council on Water, also maps out new solutions and success stories on water resources management from across the continent
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