World Water Day 2009
World Water Day 2009
Theme 2009: Transboundary water
In 2009, the focus of World Water Day on March 22 is on transboundary waters: sharing water, sharing opportunities. UNECE and UNESCO are the lead UN agencies this year.
Transboundary water theme triggered interesting comments from developing countries
The World Water Day 2009 theme on sharing water, sharing opportunities (transboundary water) triggered an online discussion on this site. Interestingly, 20 of the 22 comments were submitted by people from the developing world. Half of those were from India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
WWD 2009: 127 events submitted
At the end of March 127 World Water Day 2009 events had been posted from 27 countries on this site. With 21 events India was the highest scoring developing country.
