Water Takes Top Spot in U.N. Millennium Development Goals   We’re nearing the end of The United Nation’s Water for Life Decade 2005- 2015.  Water quality, quantity, and availability is crucial to advancing the green economy.  Water in the green economy focuses on the socio-economic opportunities that proper water management provides to social and economic development, while also safeguarding freshwater ecosystems.  In green economies, the water’s role in maintaining biodiversity, ecosystem services, and drinking water for humanity are recognized and valued.

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