17. Notes that water is at the core of most ecosystem services and stresses the importance of proper water management in reaching biodiversity targets; stresses the need for reforestation and wetland restoration measures in the management of water resources; calls for better alignment of the objectives of the WFD with Natura 2000; stresses that the knowledge base should integrate the concept of ‘environmental flows‘ and take into account the ecosystem services supported by water; stresses the need to take into account the fact that water cycle changes depend on habitat and that this has an influence on the percentage of water that is ...[+++] recycled: the water cycle is not the same everywhere and differences exist between the cycles in the tropics, the Mediterranean and the middle or high latitudes;

6. Expresses concerns that in the field of WFD implementation at present, ineffective application and enforcement remains a major problem in some Member States; current implementation status shows that some Member States lag behind schedule, that the comprehensive clean-up of the EU’s waters is far from acceptable and that the objectives are often not pursued with sufficient consistency in other EU policies; expresses its hope that the ongoing reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will address the problems related to agricultural water management; highlights that good water management has to be integrated into all European policies ...[+++] on sectors that use and pollute water, and stresses that local, regional or national adaptation measures can only be effective if coordinated at EU level;

B. whereas water management impacts directly on human health, energy production, agriculture and food security, and effective water management is a fundamental precondition for poverty reduction;

B. whereas water management impacts directly on human health, energy production, agriculture and food security, and effective water management is a fundamental precondition for poverty reduction;

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32009D1005 - EN - Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2009 amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework — Financing projects in the field of energy in the context of the European Economic Recovery Plan - DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL // of 17 December 2009 // amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framewor ...[+++]k — Financing projects in the field of energy in the context of the European Economic Recovery Plan // (2009/1005/EU)

promotion of the environment and sound management of cultural heritage and natural resources, in particular water resources; and