Water: functions, values, and importance

Water is a precious resource, essential for our survival and for that of plants and animals. Water is home to countless species of living beings.

Water transforms, creates works of art, and generates life. It is necessary for our production processes, serves as a means of communication, trade, and exchange, and is a source of culture and traditions. Water is an opportunity for clean energy. Water is seas, waterfalls, rivers—life. It creates well-being, emotion, and wonder.

Understanding its functions, recognizing its value and importance for our lives and for the entire planet Earth helps foster awareness, responsibility, and care for a resource that is becoming increasingly precious and that we have a duty to protect.