World Water Day is observed on March 22 since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as World Day for Water. Water scarcity is a reality and the future scenario is not very bright either. IYCN did the following activities for the World Water Day which ranged from raising awareness about the traditional water management systems to organizing fun games. A gist of the activities are reported as follows.
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The report of our activites on the world water day has been uploaded here. Click here to download.
Taking cue from the water day activities, we are preparing for another important day, the world earth day. This year being the 40th anniversary of the earth day, millions of people across the world are coming together to observe it. We at IYCN plan to take forward some of the campaigns we have started for the water day and start similar campaigns across the country and also encourage others to be a part of the campaign.
More details to come soon.
More than 70% of our planet consists of water.
But fresh water bodies form a very small proportion of this enormous quantity. About 2.7 per cent of the total water available on the earth is fresh water.
Of this, about 75.2 per cent lies frozen in polar regions and another 22.6 per cent is present as ground water. The rest is present in lakes, rivers, atmosphere, moisture, soil and vegetation.
What is effectively available for consumption and other uses is a small proportion of the quantity available in rivers, lakes and ground water. Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use.
More than 70% of our planet is filled with water. But fresh water constitutes a very small proportion of this enormous quantity. About 2.7 per cent of the total water available on the earth is fresh water of which about 75.2 per cent lies frozen in polar regions and another 22.6 per cent is present as ground water. The rest is available in lakes, rivers, atmosphere, moisture, soil and vegetation. What is effectively available for consumption and other uses is a small proportion of the quantity available in rivers, lakes and ground water. Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use.