Hydrosphere Contents

Links

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html/
How much water is there on, in, and above the Earth? A useful resource from the U.S. Geological Survey.

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html/
The World's water: where is it? Another very useful resource from the U.S. Geological Survey.

http://www.yorkshirewater.co.uk/
Yorkshire Water Provides useful information on the provision of water, meeting our needs in the local region.

http://www.un-urbanwater.net/
A joint initiative of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) containing case studies of water resource management in Africa.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waterquality/
The Environment Agency The government body in the UK, responsible for all aspects on water management.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/index.php & http://www.defra.gov.uk/fish/fishindx.php
The Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government body in the UK , responsible for all aspects on water management.

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/
The British Antarctic Survey Summary of research compiled by British scientists in Antarctica .

http://eosdata.gsfc.nasa.gov/
GSFC Earth Sciences, Hydrology section contains scientific information on a range of associated issues.

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
World Conservation Monitoring Center Maps and statistics contained on the world's marine and coastal resources.

http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/
The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management Information on research undertaken with regards to fisheries and other living aquatic resources.

http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=topic&fid=16000 The mission of the Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is to facilitate and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilization of the world's fisheries.

http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/ The mission of the Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is to facilitate and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilization of the world's fisheries. A useful resource which shows global water usage by country.

http://www.dams.org/
The World Commission on Dams was an independent, international, multi-stakeholder process which addressed the controversial issues associated with large dams.

http://www.tva.gov/river/index.php
This site provides a brief history of integrated river basin management by Tennessee Valley Authority (see section 3 topic 6).

http://www.water.worldbank.org/publications/comprehensive-river-basin-development-tennessee-valley-authority
This site provides another overview of the integrated river management by Tennessee Valley Authority.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/34383.aspx

Overview of water quality assessment from the UK Environment Agency.

http://www.ceh.ac.uk/products/software/RIVPACS.html

Overview of the RIVPACS biological indicator index from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH).

http://www.countrysidesurvey.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdfs/reports2007/CS_UK_2007_TR10_ax2.pdf

Useful background document providing further details on a number of biotic indices.

http://noaa.gov/ocean.html
A great resource providing a lot of information about our oceans.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2389e/i2389e.pdf

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) report: 'Review of the state of the world marine fishery resources' (2011).

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/common/ecg/1000505/en/stocks.pdf

Summary of key findings of UNFAO report: 'Review of the state of the world marine fishery resources' (2011).

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/blue_planet/problems/problems_fishing/

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) website on the problems of overfishing.

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