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Book (series)Water accounting & auditing guidelines
A sourcebook
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In many regions of the world, sustainable and reliable delivery of water services has become increasingly complex and problematic. Complexities that are very likely to increase, considering the unprecedented confluence of pressures linked to demographic, economic, dietary trends, and climate change. Particularly if overall demand for freshwater exceeds supply, the delivery of water services is often less about engineering, although engineering is still required, and more about politics, governa nce, managing and protecting sources, resolving conflicts about water, ensuring rights to water are respected, and so on. It is also about understanding and monitoring the hydrological cycle at the appropriate scale of analysis. This is where water accounting and auditing can play a crucial role. The rationale behind this water accounting and auditing sourcebook is that scope exists worldwide to improve water-related sectoral and inter-sectoral decision-making at local, regional and national le vels. Water accounting and auditing are recommended by FAO and others as being fundamental to initiatives that aim to cope with water scarcity. This sourcebook aims to provide practical advice on the application and use of water accounting and auditing, helping users planning and implementing processes that best fit their needs. -
Book (stand-alone)Lessons Learned in Water Accounting: The fisheries and aquaculture perspective in the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) framework 2016
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No results found.Water accounting seeks to provide comprehensive, consistent and comparable information related to water for policy- and decision-making to promote a sustainable use of water resources as well as equitable and transparent water governance among water users. One of the frameworks for environmental and economic accounting is constituted by the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), which the United Nations Statistical Commission endorsed as an international standard in 2012. SEEA conta ins standard concepts, definitions, classifications, accounting rules and accounting tables for producing internationally comparable statistics. This document examines the accounting tables designed by the SEEA accounting framework and investigates the likelihood of the SEEA reflecting the dependence of the fisheries sector on water resources and accounting for fisheries and aquaculture fisheries water uses and requirements. Through the lens of the fisheries sector, a more in-depth understanding of the SEEA framework for water accounting emerges. -
ProjectEstablishing a Portal for Water Accounting Information - MTF/GLO/231/ASB 2021
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No results found.Seventy percent of water withdrawals are made for agricultural purposes, making it the sector that consumes the most water globally. Demands for water are expected to grow further in the near future, as it is estimated that agricultural production needs will rise by nearly 50 percent by 2050. At the same time, the issue of water scarcity is estimated to affect nearly half of the global population for at least one month per year. This situation is also expected to worsen, with a possible 4.8–5.7 billion people periodically not having access to water by 2050. For these reasons, sustainable water management is of crucial importance to the sector. A way to mitigate both issues is through water accounting. Water accounting is defined as the systematic study of the status of and trends in water supply, demand, accessibility and use in targeted areas. The information gathered through water accounting supports effective decision-making with regards to water management and leads to increased water productivity, which is critical to achieving food and water security as global needs grow. This project was formulated to develop a Portal for Water Accounting within FAO’s Global Information System on Water and Agriculture (AQUASTAT). The Portal was designed to be fully compatible with both AQUASTAT and the Water Productivity Open-access Portal (WaPOR), as well as FAO’s corporate Geospatial Information System that was developed through the Hand-in-Hand Initiative. These tools can assist stakeholders in making evidence-based decisions with regards to water management as a means of increasing water productivity worldwide.
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