The GMP is a joint United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) project that will demonstrate ways of overcoming barriers to the adoption of best practices and pollution prevention measures that limit the mercury (Hg) contamination of international waters from artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
This website contains links, documents and access to the Global Mercury Project Video.

The GPA is designed to be a source of conceptual and practical guidance to be drawn upon by national and/or regional authorities for devising and implementing sustained action to prevent, reduce, control, and/or eliminate marine degradation from land-based activities.

The Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) is a nonprofit organization whose members consist of state and federal ground water agencies, industry representatives, environmentalists and concerned citizens, all of whom come together within the GWPC organization to mutually work toward the protection of the USA’s ground water supplies. The purpose of the GWPC is to promote and ensure the use of best management practices and fair but effective laws regarding comprehensive ground water protection.

The Groundwater Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to informing the public about these resources. It presents the benefits everyone receives from groundwater and the very real risks that threaten it.

GRA is dedicated to resource management that protects and improves groundwater through education and technical leadership.

The activities under the HWRP concentrate on the measurement of basic hydrological elements from networks of hydrological and meteorological stations; the collection, processing, storage, retrieval and publication of hydrological data, including data on the quantity and quality of both surface water and groundwater; the provision of such data and related information for use in planning and operating water resources projects; and the installation and operation of hydrological forecasting systems.

This website offers information about the protection of water and aquatic ecosystems (contamination, waste water treatment, watershed management, etc.).

The relevant programme of work on biological diversity of inland water ecosystems promotes watershed management; appropriate technologies; research, monitoring and assessment; and cooperation with other conventions and organizations through Joint Work Plans.

This meteorological and hydrological service depends on the Ministry of Energy of Ecuador. Its website provides meteorogical and national water resources information.

INRH is in charge of the direction, execution and control of the application of the state and government politics regarding hydrological resources in Cuba. This organization administrates, in collaboration with the competent organisms, the protection of groundwater, basins, natural flow, hydraulic works against contamination and degradation risks, as well as the systematic control of water quality.

IAH is a scientific and educational organisation whose aims are to promote research into and understanding of the proper management and protection of groundwater for the common good throughout the world. IAH has over 3,500 members in 135 countries.

The Association is a constituent body of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). The objectives of the association are:

• to promote the study of Hydrology as an aspect of the earth sciences and of water resources
• to provide for discussion, comparison, and publication of research results
• to initiate, facilitate, and coordinate research into, and investigation of, those hydrological problems which require international cooperation.

This website presents the activities of the IHP (UNESCO's intergovernmental scientific co-operative programme in water resources) Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This website presents the activities of the IHP (UNESCO's intergovernmental scientific co-operative programme in water resources) Regional Office in the Arab States.

The International Hydrological Programme, UNESCO's intergovernmental scientific co-operative programme in water resources, is a vehicle through which Member States can upgrade their knowledge of the water cycle and thereby increase their capacity to better manage and develop their water resources.

The UNU-INWEH was created by the U.N. University Governing Council in 1996 with core funding provided by the Government of Canada. Its purpose is to strengthen water management capacity, particularly of developing countries, and to provide on-the-ground project support.

IWAC, the Collaborating Centre for monitoring & assessment activities, has been established under the UN/ECE Convention on Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. IWAC will be a virtual platform of leading European institutes in the field of water management.

The Isotope Hydrology Section is responsible for the implementation of the IAEA sub-program in the development and management of water resources, which supports applied research in IAEA Member States in using isotope techniques for problems in the water and environment sectors, and provides technical guidance to technical co-operation projects implemented by the Agency.

The Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) is the official body responsible for the overall water planning and management, the formulation of national water strategies and policies, research and development, information systems and procuring financial resources.

LandBase in an environmental monitoring database developed by UNU. Thematically, it includes activities on coastal environment monitoring, protection, restoration and management in the East Asian and Pacific region.

This web page provides information about Water Pollution,Lake Environment, Wetlands in Japan, Preservation of Drinking Water Sources and Enactment of the Basic Environment Law and Implementation of the Water Environment Administration in Japan

The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management is responsible for mobility policy in the Netherlands and for protection against floods or falling water tables. The most important points of departure are accessibility, safety, and the quality of life in the Netherlands, including the individual responsibilities of citizens, companies and other authorities.

The functions of this institution are: Coordinate Water Resources Development Policy, Rural and Urban Water Supplies, Sewerage and Drainage, Drilling and Dam Constructions, Water Resources Institute, Central Stores, Central Water laboratory, River Basin Development, Water Quality and Pollution Control and Water Boards.

Some of the functions of this Ministry are: Water catchment area conservation,Water resources management policy,Water quality and pollution control, Urban and Rural water development and supply.

The website addresses all main water issues in India and presents the Ministry water-related programmes.