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I N D E X / 545progress towards Goals 532water availability per person 71water prices 341water quality indicator 140Barbadosecosystem protection policies andstrategies 145–6environmental quality report(s)146food supply indicators 195land area 74national reports 515population 74progress on Agenda 21 524progress towards Goals 529water availability per person 74Basel Convention 238basic needs 120–1challenges 19, 99–125indicators <strong>for</strong> 47, 426, 444, 480,497basic water needs 10, 121basin-level approach to watermanagement 376, 411, 438basin-level transboundary watermanagement 303basin-level water institutions 315–16,439Beauce aquifer (France) 300,437n(14)Beijing (China) 160, 162Beijing Declaration (1995) 26Belaruscities 163food supply indicators 195industrial water efficiency 235land area 72national reports 515population 72, 235progress on Agenda 21 523progress towards Goals 530water availability per person 72water quality indicator 140Belgiumcities 165environmental economics 149food supply indicators 195land area 73national reports 515population 73progress on Agenda 21 523water availability per person 73water prices 338water quality indicator 140Belizefood supply indicators 195land area 70national reports 515population 70progress on Agenda 21 524progress towards Goals 530water availability per person 70Beninaccess to electricity 253food supply indicators 195industrial water efficiency 235land area 72national reports 515population 72, 235progress on Agenda 21 521progress towards Goals 533water availability per person 72water quality indicator 140Bhopal (India) 164, 279Bhutanfood supply indicators 195land area 70national reports 515population 70progress on Agenda 21 522progress towards Goals 532water availability per person 70water quality indicator 140bilateral agreements/programmes146, 147, 411, 413bilharzia 106see also schistosomiasisBinational Autonomous Authority ofLake Titicaca (ALT) 472, 475, 476biocides, pollution by 134biodiversityin freshwater bodies 131changes in 141–3measuring 137–8implications <strong>for</strong> human health138United Nations Convention on130, 148web site 155biogas 241biological assessment, of ecosystemcondition 136–8biological oxygen demand (BOD) 135in Asian rivers 11, 487changes with time 238data analysed by sector 134biological water, as percentage oftotal world water resources 68biological water quality indicators135trend in UK 136biomass fuels, effect on health 251biosphere reserves 148birds, threatened species 142Black Sea 150, 151pollution control <strong>for</strong> 239, 297blindness-causing diseases seeonchocersiasis; trachoma‘blooms’ of algae and cyanobacteria117, 118Bogota (Colombia) 162, 175Boliviaaccess to electricity 253cities 164, 165, 468food supply indicators 195industrial water efficiency 235land area 70national reports 515population 70, 235progress on Agenda 21 524progress towards Goals 531Ramsar site(s) 147water availability per person 70water prices 474, 480water quality indicator 140see alsoTiticaca–Desaguadero–Poopó–Coipasa Salt Lake (TDPS) systemBombay see MumbaiBonn Action Plan 505Bonn Ministerial Declaration (2001)27, 326, 329, 338, 380Bonn Recommendations <strong>for</strong> Action(2001) 27, 526border barb (fish) 142Bosnia and Herzegovinafood supply indicators 195land area 71national reports 515population 71progress on Agenda 21 523progress towards Goals 533water availability per person 71Botswanafood supply indicators 195industrial water efficiency 235land area 71national reports 515population 71, 235progress on Agenda 21 521progress towards Goals 532Ramsar site(s) 147water availability per person 71water quality indicator 140bottom-up approach to indicatordevelopment 37–8Brahmaputra river (India) 84, 85see also Gangesbrain drain from Africa 359, 511Bratskoye reservoir (RussianFederation) 83Brazilaccess to electricity 253cities 162, 163, 164, 165food supply indicators 195GDP per capita 359ICT expenditure 365industrial water efficiency 235land area 70national reports 515population 70, 235progress on Agenda 21 524progress towards Goals 530scientists and engineers in R&D359water availability per person 70water law 354water quality indicator 140Brazilian merganser (duck) 142Brunei Darussalamfood supply indicators 195land area 71national reports 515population 71progress on Agenda 21 522progress towards Goals 529water availability per person 71Buenos Aires (Argentina) 160, 162,174, 381build–operate–transfer (BOT) schemes381build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT)schemes 381Bulgariacities 164Danube River ProtectionConvention ratified by 239food supply indicators 195land area 73national reports 515population 73progress on Agenda 21 523progress towards Goals 530threatened freshwater fish species141water availability per person 73water quality indicator 140Bundala National Park (Sri Lanka) 421burden-of-disease concept 103burden-of-disease indicators 40–1,42, 103<strong>for</strong> various water-associateddiseases 104Burkina Fasoaccess to electricity 253food supply indicators 195GDP per capita 359gender equity in irrigated

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