Items tagged with "protection"

The short course is designed to provide participants with principles and procedures of groundwater modelling and the use of computer models for groundwater resources management and protection. The experiences of modelling will be obtained through a series of hands-on training in computer workshops. On completion of this course the participants are able to construct a groundwater model and use the model to simulate groundwater flow, contaminant transport and saltwater intrusion. Read more...

The coastal zone-where the land meets the sea- contains many of the earth’s most complex, diverse and productive ecological systems. Already more than 60 percent of the world' s population lives within 60 kilometers of the coast and two-thirds of cities with population over 2.5 million are situated near estuaries. Coastal zones are often placed under multiple and intense pressures. Read more...