1. TOPIC 3 - WATER RELATED RISKS
BALWOIS   May to 2 June 2012 , Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
TOPIC 3 - WATER RELATED RISKS
Final Conclusions

2. WATER RELATED RISK EXCESS OF WATER SHORTAGE OF WATER Heavy rainfalls
Floods
Drought
Debris flow Mud flow,
Water Erosion, Landslides, Landfall, Rockfall, Avalanches
Other
Wind erosion
Wild Fires
Desertification
Other
Nowadays, in addition to the effects of rapidly expanding human activities, humankind is faced with serious consequences of water related risks caused by excess of water (heavy rainfalls > floods, landslides, debris flows, erosion and other,) or shortage of water (drought wildfires, desertification etc) in the world.

3. Conference STATISTICS
Significant number of abstracts
Over 50 full papers
CONFERENCE
Total
Oral
Poster
Excess of water 25 17 10
Shortage of water 6 3 31 20 13

4. CHAIRPERSONS ASSESMENT
Excess of water (floods – dominant) - 25
floods and consequences 4
flood causes (precipitations) – 5
flood modeling – 4
flood mapping – 4
flood management – 3
- erosion. and run off , landslides, debris flow – 5
Shortage of water – Drought – 6
Drought causes and vulnerability asssemnets - 4
Drought consequances - 1
Drought management - 1
Other related risks - 0

5. The following water risk/disaster mitigation measures in general can be taken to reduce the negative effects on humans:
Shift from state scale and reactive approach (emergency/crises management) to a transboundary scale and pro-active approach (basin management, monitoring, forecasting, contingency plans).
Raise the awareness of the need for water related risks mitigation, mobilize support through partnerships, expand disaster mitigation activities within societies, encourage and support efforts to incorporate disaster mitigation into community decision making. .

6. Thank you for your attention