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Prototype Training Course on Water Affairs
Full Workshop Report
4-7 December 2006
Hanoi, Vietnam

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	Introduction, including the main purpose for holding the workshop, links to sponsors and venue, and overview.
	Water Science, including seasonality issues and global climate change and its effects on the hydrological cycle.
	Water Impacts on Ecosystems. Freshwater ecosystems, whether lakes, wetlands, or rivers, have specific requirements in terms of quantity, quality, and seasonality of their water supplies.
	Creeping Environmental Problems. These are environmental changes that are slow-onset, low-grade, long-term but cumulative.
	WMO Hydrology and Water Resources Programme. Illustration of the WMO's programme from 2000 to 2009.
	Problem Climates or Problem Societies? This issue was raised about determining attribution of adverse impacts on societies and ecosystems.
	Question & Answer session
	Country presentations, given by participants from 11 countries (Note: this link lies outside the report. Use the left-hand navigation bar to proceed forward)
	Water Politics, Policy, and Law. Policy is what you get, and politics is how you get there.
	Role and Management of National Hydrological Services. From "Guidelines on the Role, Operation, and Management of National Hydrological Services."
	Water Economics. There is a wide range of economic issues that relate to water. Some of the issues discussed at the workshop are presented here.
	Water and Climate Change. Overview of the impacts on water resources of climate change, including rainfall patterns, melting glaciers, sesasonality changes.
	Variability and Extremes. Discussion of too much water (floods) and too little water (droughts), as well as El Niño and La Niña teleconnections.
	Water Ethics and Equity. Discussion of the "precautionary principle," upstream versus downstream issues, the needs of future generations, Sheldon Krimsky.
	Geo-engineering for Water Resources. Our war against climate presentation, and climate, water and weather modification schemes.
	Socioeconomic Benefits of NHSs in Theory and Practice. Discussion of the use and value of meteorological and hydrological information by governments and society.
	Final Session. Evaluation forms, field trip, and recommendations for future workshops.
	References
Appendix	Appendix (Water Affairs Cell for South and Southeast Asia and list of participants)