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Rivers are an integral part of the water ecosystem - a conduit from catchment areas and watershed to estuaries and oceans. It was only in recent history that the concept of river basins came to the fore, increasingly our understanding of the interrelationships between land use, run-off and erosion, water extraction and groundwater augmentation, and other issues. This has led to a call for a broader apporach to water management, at the river basin level, where such interplays can be better observed and managed, and include the active participation of a range of stakeholders.

The Short Series (4 volumes) on Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs has been produced with the objective of increasing environmental awareness and education of the general public about freshwater bodies, their characteristics, interactions and human intervention.

The book "Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs: An Integrated Approach to Eutrophication" is the result of the participation of 26 experts involved with the management of freshwater resources from Africa, Europe, North and South America, Asia and Oceania. Their experiences on the causes and possible ways to prevent eutrophication have been assembled here.

Sustainable Lake Management (Document)Against a backdrop of increasing public awareness and water quality degradation, new constituencies and techniques for the sustainable management of the world's lakes environments are emerging, fuelled, in part, by a growing appreciation of their value as precious and shared resources

The entire series of 10 Guidelines for Lake Management developed by the International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) and the UNEP-IETC program are now available on line.