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Introduction Objectives Themes Presentation Abstracts/Papers Program Registration Financial Assistance Venue Accommodation Important Information Organizers Contact Accepted Abstracts Home	An estimated one-third of the world's population will suffer from chronic water shortage by the year 2025 due to increasing demand for drinking water caused by growing population, decreasing quality of the water resulting from pollution, and augmenting requirements of expanding industries and agriculture. The shortage will be particularly felt by people in arid areas and by rapidly growing coastal populations and mega cities. The increasing water scarcity, combined with its deteriorating quality, will have far reaching global impacts on human health, socio-economic development potential of affected countries, freshwater and marine resources, and biodiversity, and may cause international conflicts over water rights.      Pollution of coastal and freshwater is escalating throughout the world, affecting in many places the quality of drinking water and the integrity of freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems. The freshwater hydrological cycles are inseparably linked with marine systems and the problems besetting river basins have profound impact on coastal and marine environment. Pollution from land-based sources is currently the most imminent problem affecting the aquatic biological resources and biodiversity. Coastal ecosystems, particularly those of small island developing states, are at special risk. The freshwater crisis is already visible in India involving enormous social, political and environmental costs. This crisis is not the result of natural factors such as drought, but has been caused by humans - by increased pollution of both surface and groundwater and improper water resource management. The complex nature of problems and issues within this theme requires an integration that covers all components of the hydrologic cycle, including: surface water bodies (lakes and rivers), groundwater aquifer, coastal areas (including mangroves), and open-sea marine environments. This integrated approach gives due consideration to both water quantity and quality aspects. Particular emphasis is provided on management of transboundary water resources. Water comprises a most basic and critical component in all aspects of human life. Freshwater resources are an essential component of the earth's hydrosphere and an indispensable part of all terrestrial ecosystems. Also, transboundary water resources and their use are of great importance to riparian States. Similarly, the marine water environment - including the oceans and all seas and adjacent coastal areas - forms an integrated whole that is an essential component of the global life-support system. The marine ecosystems are a positive asset that presents opportunities for sustainable development       On the whole, the water environment is characterized by the hydrological cycle, including floods and droughts, which in some regions have become more extreme and dramatic in their consequences. The widespread scarcity, gradual destruction and aggravated pollution of water resources in many world regions, along with the progressive encroachment of incompatible activities have triggered a range of water crises. Additionally, global climate change and atmospheric pollution could also have an impact on water resources and their availability.
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