These include permanent lakes and ponds, rivers and coastal water surfaces, such as lagoons and estuaries. It does not include the sea and ocean, as well as liquid dump sites.
(Source: https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/high-resolution-layers/permanen…)
An improved drinking water source which is located on premises, available when needed, and free of fecal and priority chemical contamination.
See “Improved drinking water sources”
(Source: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/coverage/monitori…)
Involves the protection of springs, rivers, and lakes from pollution, high water flows (floods), or over-abstraction of water.
(Source: WOCAT glossary https://www.wocat.net/glossary)
A set of activities that includes collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, prevention of waste production, and modification and reuse/ recycling of waste.
(Source: WOCAT glossary https://www.wocat.net/glossary)
For the purpose of UNCCD reporting, this land cover class includes any geographic area covered by inland water bodies with a water persistence of 12 months per year. In some cases the water can be frozen for part of the year (less than 10 months). This class refers to areas that are naturally or artificially covered by water, such as lakes and/or rivers. It includes areas that are covered by water due to the construction of artefacts such as reservoirs, canals, artificial lakes, etc. Without these, the area would not be covered by water.
The class also includes coastal water bodies composed
The collection and management of floodwater or rainwater run-off to increase water availability for domestic and agricultural use as well as ecosystem sustenance.
(Source: WOCAT glossary https://www.wocat.net/glossary)
Improved drinking water sources are those which by nature of their design and construction have the potential to deliver safe water. Improved sources include: piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, and packaged or delivered water.
(Source: Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG baselines. Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/launch-version-report…