World Water Week in Stockholm will

Water Week in the past years has established itself as an annual forum for discussion and exchange of experience on the most pressing issues related to vodymi resources. This year, the meeting participants asked to pay particular attention to issues of governance, security and access to quality water in the context of rapid global urbanization and growing urban infrastructure. Explaining the relevance of the topic, experts Stockholm International Water Institute, in particular, wrote that "it is estimated that by 2050 the urban population may grow to a size equal to the population of the planet today." It is estimated that about 95% of global population growth will occur in urban areas, and this process is expected to be accompanied by rapid economic growth and social changes and patterns of consumption. Participation in World Water Week will take more than two thousand people, among them – representatives of governments, city administrations, as well as international organizations and business leaders from more than 100 countries. It is assumed that at the end of the week the participants will debate "Stockholm Statement" and send it to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development and Environment "Rio +20", held in Rio de Janeiro in the summer of 2012. One of the ceremonial items of the forum is ceremony of the Stockholm International Water Prize, which this was awarded in 2011 the American professor of Zoology and Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), Stephen Russell Carpenter for his research in the area of the lake ecosystem and to develop solutions to water resource management . Crystal sculpture, diploma and a check for $ 150 thousand U.S. dollars will receive a researcher from King Carl XVI Gustaf on August 25 at the Concert Hall of Stockholm. The name of the holder of the prize awards committee called in March this year, noting that the merit of a scientist is that his research and he developed models have found concrete expression in actions to preserve lakes and their biological diversity. Stockholm Water Prize Foundation was founded in 1990 and the award is presented annually since 1991 to scientists, organizations, research institutions or enterprises for their contribution to the preservation of the world's water resources, ecosystems and human life.