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About GIWA
GIWA Documents
Two basic documents about GIWA:
  • UNEP Project Document GF/FP/1100-99-01
    This document comprises the full background to the GIWA initiative and outlines the objectives, work programme, and structure of the Global International Waters Assessment.
  • "Global International Waters Assessment"
    An article by John C. Pernetta, Senior Programme Officer, UNEP/GEF Coordinating Unit, and Laurence D. Mee, former Coordinator of the GEF Black Sea Environmental Programme. First published in 1998, in the report 'Towards Enhanced Ocean Security into the Third Millennium'.

 GIWA in depth
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