Groundwater governance - call for action: A shared global vision for 2030

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Groundwater governance - call for action: A shared global vision for 2030

The present document provides a synthetic overview of the consultative process and the main achievements. It conveys key messages from the results of the project’s analyses, including the finding that governance of the world’s groundwater resources is still in infancy. The decision-making processes concerning groundwater use and aquifer management are often poorly informed, leading to patterns of use that cannot be sustained and resulting in entrenched poverty and the loss of environmental and social ’goods’ upon which cities and rural communities have come to depend.