During the Forum, UN Water launched the UN World Water Development Report 2022, titled Groundwater: Making the invisible visible. Report contributor Tibor Stigter, Associate Professor of Hydrogeology and Groundwater Resources at IHE Delft, noted the enormous importance and potential of groundwater.
“We need to consider the main challenges, limitations and threats from human activities and climate change, and deal with them through groundwater research, education, management and governance,” he said. “This is the message from the 2022 report, which also provides examples and ideas of how to do this from scientists and practitioners. The report is an impetus to recognize the value of groundwater as the largest liquid freshwater reservoir supporting ecosystems and human development.”
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