SA Waterbulletin May 1995

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WAT ERFRONT INTERNATiONAI RiVER BASiN BASh 000 Atruly international specialised confer-ence on River Basin Management for Sustainable Development was recently hosted by the Water Institute of South Africa (WISA) and the National Parks Board under the auspices of the Specialist Group on River Basin Management of the International Association of Water Quality (IAWQ). Delegates came from Argentina, USA, Canada, the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Italy, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Korea, Australia as well as from Kenya, Zambia, Namibia and Swaziland. Many good contacts were made amongst the delegates. The conference papers addressed broad topics of river basin management. Dr Ben van Vliet said that the initial response to the call for papers for the conference was overwhelming, but the conference programme allowed for only 46 oral paper presentations. A further twenty papers were presented as posters. Judging by reports received the delegates enjoyed the presentations.

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