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Irvine Declaration
One of the conference objectives is to produce a policy proposal and action plan for a concrete and practical follow-up to the conference and prepare for the 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul, Turkey, March 2009). The Irvine Declaration identifies water resources management principles aimed at answering global change and scarcity challenges, and recognizes the role and significance of groundwater and the interdependency of surface water and groundwater resources. The Irvine Declaration and Irvine Agenda will be known collectively as the Irvine Action Framework. |
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Convened by UNESCO, University of California, Irvine, and USGS
   
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Water scarcity is not always the result of a physical lack of resources, but also the result of inadequate institutional and managerial organization. For instance, according to the 2nd World Water Development Report, an estimated 26 countries, totalling more than 350 million people, with an apparent adequate availability of water, suffer from severe water scarcity because of problems in water management and governance. 
