TY - BOOK ID - 38298317 TI - Groundwater and Ecosystems AU - Baba, Alper. AU - Howard, Ken W.F. AU - Gunduz, Orhan. AU - NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Groundwater and Ecosystems AU - North Atlantic Treaty Organization. PY - 2006 VL - v. 70 SN - 9781402047381 1402047363 9781402047367 1402047371 9786610625246 1280625244 140204738X 9781402047374 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - ecologie KW - milieuzorg KW - geologie KW - Geology. Earth sciences KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - milieubeheer KW - Groundwater ecology KW - Groundwater flow KW - Biotic communities KW - Ecologie de l'eau souterraine KW - Eau souterraine KW - Ecosystèmes KW - Congresses KW - Congrès KW - Ecoulement KW - EPUB-LIV-FT LIVECOLO LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B KW - Geology. KW - Environmental sciences. KW - Applied Ecology. KW - Environmental Science and Engineering. KW - Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. KW - Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. KW - Environment, general. KW - Ecology KW - Environmental protection KW - Nature conservation KW - Environmental science KW - Science KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Geotechnical engineering. KW - Environmental management. KW - Environment. KW - Applied ecology. KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Engineering, Geotechnical KW - Geotechnics KW - Geotechnology KW - Engineering geology KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Population biology KW - Hydrobiology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:38298317 AB - Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs) frequently exhibit rich biological diversity and can provide enormous economic wealth. In recent years, GDEs in many industrialized countries have shown signs of serious degradation, primarily the result of groundwater abstraction and pollution. Many such systems, including a number of well documented cases in Eastern Europe, are no longer sustainable. As a consequence, the conservation and sustainable management of GDEs has emerged as one of the most urgent environmental research priorities of our time. A large percentage of the world’s population lives in cities and either depends on, or is affected in some way, by groundwater. Moreover, groundwater has become a very important and complex issue that attracts the interest of many diverse stakeholders. Many problems related to groundwater and ecosystems are shared by countries throughout the world and there is growing recognition that much can be gained by co-operation on an international scale. This is no time to be complacent and it is critical that key problems be identified, that the potential consequences of these problems be understood, and that the development of solutions begins urgently. Important data gaps must be recognized and filled without delay. ER -