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Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity (WSI)

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Water Scarcity Initiative factsheet will be updated in order to be published online on the FAO website. The aim is to provide the accurate and most up to date general information about the initiative to the general public. This document will be used as well to introduce the Initiative during the FAO-LAS side event at the FAO Conference. This publication contains general information about the Water Scarcity Initiative, its linkage to the SDGs and some examples of its activities in the field. It will serve as a brochure to make the initiative known among partners and other institutions.

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