Water Key Stats

• Amazon covers 40% of South America and makes up 60% of world's rainforests
• WWF: 34 million people live in Amazon, including 385 indigenous groups
• Urbanisation means over 20% of amazon destroyed at accelerating rate over the past 50 years
• 75% water intercepted in Amazon is returned to atmosphere by evapotranspiration; decreases to 25% when forest are cleared thus leading to drier climate, desicration and increased degradation
• 90% of countries share water basins with at least one geographical neighbour
• Egypt depends on Nile for 95% of water supply
• 158 of world transboundary water basins lack any type of cooperative management