This is to let you know about a new on-line database - a collection of actual estimates of environmental flows worldwide.It is the first of the three at the site:

The EF database may serve as the information source on how much water is actually prescribed or provided for aquatic ecosystems in different parts of the world and where in the world such allocations are actually made.It can support the development of global EF standards and environmental flow assessment methods.

At present, the database has a limited number of entries collected by the developers.What is needed now is a global effort to populate it. Your help here will be most valuable.Please submit your entries: the on-line entry form is available on the above web site.It would also be most appreciated if you could distribute this message further through your networks.

If you have any comments or queries, please contact:

Vladimir Smakhtin (IWMI V.SMAKHTIN@cgiar.org) Carmen Revenga (TNC

crevenga@TNC.ORG) or Richard Robarts (UNEP-GEMS/Water Programme

Richard.Robarts@gemswater.org)