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Between the 22 to the 25th September, the Marcelino Botin Foundation hosted the 4th Marcelino Botin Water Workshop. This is the last of a series of seminars which take place in Santander every two years. These Seminars, led by the Director of the FMB¿Water Observatory, Professor Ramon Llamas, focus on global water issues. Experts from all over the world met over three days to discuss these issues, on this occasion looking at re¿thinking water and food security. The 4th FMB Water Workshop hosted 24 experts from eleven different countries (Canada, China, Sweden, Tunisia, Egypt, Nepal, UK, Spain, India and Holland), to debate key issues like the increased relevance of green water, the relationship between climate change and water resources, the nexus on water and energy, desalination, the water demand of ecosystems, groundwater intensive use and particularly, the water footprint and virtual water trade. It placed special emphasis on the ¿extended water footprint¿, where the FMB¿Water Observatory is leading the way in integrating economic and environmental aspects to the hydrological aspects of the water footprint analysis. The presentations will be edited into a book, which had a | |
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http://www.rac.es/ficheros/doc/00744.pdf |
Entidad relacionada
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Fundación Marcelino Botín |
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Granada |