{"id":10813,"date":"2013-08-09T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/uncategorized\/news-4-6th-water-forum-the-tour-du-valat-emphasises-the-services-provided-by-wetlands\/"},"modified":"2017-11-18T19:36:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T18:36:24","slug":"news-4-6th-water-forum-the-tour-du-valat-emphasises-the-services-provided-by-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/newsletter-articles\/news-4-6th-water-forum-the-tour-du-valat-emphasises-the-services-provided-by-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"News 4 &#8211; 6th Water Forum: the Tour du Valat emphasises the services provided by wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"184\" style=\"line-height: 1.538em; width: 150px; height: 200px; float: left;\" width=\"138\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/world_water_forum_fr.jpg\" title=\"\" \/><strong>The 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0World Water Forum took place in Marseille from 12 to 17 March 2012. Both a major professional tradeshow for the world water market and a political and technical forum, the event is an opportunity for broad-ranging speeches and debates on such subjects as water governance, the impact of global changes, and new approaches promoting more rational management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">The Tour du Valat attended the World Water Forum, and presented three initiatives highlighting the role of wetlands in the sustainable management of water resources:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">A <strong>prese<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\"><strong>ntation-debate <\/strong>on \u201cThe Camargue: effective management of a wetland\u201d in partnership with the City of Arles, the Camargue Regional Natural Park (CRNP) and the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Eaux d\u2019Arles (water agency): alongside Herv\u00e9 Schiavetti, Mayor of Arles and President of the PNRC, Didier Olivry (Director of the PNRC\u00b0, and Alain Dervieux (CNRS \u2013 DESMID). Tour du Valat hydrologist Olivier Boutron presented the researchers\u2019 viewpoint on the various alternatives for adaptive management of the hydrosystem to accommodate diverse constraints.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">A <strong>parallel event <\/strong>in which Christian Perennou, project manager at the Tour du Valat, presented the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory (MWO) as a tool to assist the decision-makers responsible for water policies. On this occasion, numerous copies of the first report on the condition and trends of Mediterranean wetlands were handed out, together with its synopsis (see News Item 3).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">Lastly, a contribution to the Mediterranean process aimed at <strong>promoting the crucial role of wetlands<\/strong> as \u201cnatural infrastructures\u201d, indispensable to the sustainable management of water resources, and citing the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory as an aid to decision making for a variety of stakeholders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Furthermore, Wetlands International\u2019s Mediterranean Office, hosted at Tour du Valat, also participated in the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille. It was involved in the preparation process of the forum where it shared its experience regarding the concept of Wetlands as Natural Infrastructure and engaging civil society in water resources management. In Marseille, the office presented its concept which was later adopted as one of the \u2018solutions\u2019 under the theme of water governance in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 6th\u00a0World Water Forum took place in Marseille from 12 to 17 March 2012. 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