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- Dammed Rivers, Damned Lies: What the Water Establishment Doesn't Want You to Know [pdf]
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Friends of Earth Japan & International Rivers Network, 2003. This briefing kit was created for the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto. It contains six articles that highlight the impact of dams, hydropower and the mismanagement of the world's water resources. The kit also offers energy options for the 21st century and the ways that the world can prepare for a 'warming water world'.
http://www.irn.org/basics/ard/pdf/wwf3pdfs/wwf3.briefingkit.pdf
(Added: Mon Jul 18 2005 Hits: 101)
- Defend the Global Commons
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This biannual publication documents grassroot struggles around the world to defend water as a common resource.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/publications/newsletters/defend
(Added: Wed Oct 25 2006 Hits: 132)
- Dirty aid, dirty water
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The World Development Movement's new Dirty Aid, Dirty Water campaign demands that the UK Government stops this waste of aid and starts supporting real solutions to the water crisis.
http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/aid/
(Added: Tue Apr 26 2005 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 134)
- ELDIS Water Links
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Organisations, networks, statistics, regional sources, dams and rivers, directories and discussion lists about water
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/water/water.htm
(Added: Wed Aug 25 1999 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 218)
- Expose the Reality Behind Bottled Water
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Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi are misleading consumers into believing that bottled water is better for you than tap water--but the fact is that bottled water is actually less regulated! These corporations have spent tens of thousands of dollars to convince us that bottled water is cleaner, healthier and safer than tap water. So, as these corporations profit off our water, they are undermining support for our public water supplies, which could pave the way for corporate privatization of our public water systems. Tell Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi to stop misleading promotion of their bottled water brands and to stop interfering in policies that protect our water.
http://www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/campaign/exposebottledwater
(Added: Thu Feb 15 2007 Hits: 392)
- Feeling the Heat: Why governments must act to tackle the impact of climate change on global water supplies and avert mass movements of climate change
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This report finds that climate change jeopardises water supply for millions of people in developing countries and threatens mass movements of climate change refugees. Water scarcity undermines many other development goals. The potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, which threaten decades of successful development, could be averted. The British and other governments must agree at the UN climate change conference in Nairobi (Nov 6-17) to: produce a timetable for agreeing the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol, and focus on setting tougher, binding targets to cut their carbon emissions; provide urgent funding to help poor countries adapt to climate change; make water resources an urgent priority for adaptation efforts. (Tearfund, October 2006)
http://www.tearfund.org/webdocs/Website/News/Feeling%20the%20Heat%20Tearfund%20report.pdf
(Added: Thu Nov 02 2006 Hits: 124)
- Forum Tackles World Water Crisis
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BBC, Sunday, 16 March, 2003. By Tim Hirsch, BBC environment correspondent. A major conference on the future of the world's supply of fresh water has opened in the Japanese city of Kyoto. The third World Water Forum has brought together about 10,000 delegates from 150 countries to debate solutions to the crisis facing more than one billion people without access to clean water. Inevitably overshadowed by the Iraq crisis, the organisers of this conference say its discussions over the next week will have far more impact on mankind for the 21st Century than current events in the Middle East.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2854151.stm
(Added: Mon Mar 17 2003 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 204)
- Free trade leads to torrent of trouble
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One-fifth of the world's fresh water is stored in Canada, in picturesque glaciers, woodland streams and lakes, but does it belong to Canada? Until the provincial Government of British Columbia banned the export of bulk water to a drought-stricken region of southern California, the question had never arisen. But with the stroke of a pen the floodgates of rules and regulations governing trade between neighbouring countries were opened. Sun Belt Water, a Santa Barbara company that wanted to ship water in converted oil tankers, has launched an action against Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement. Saying it has lost a business opportunity for all time, the company is claiming more than $US10.5 billion ($A16 billion) for loss of profit. The long-term implications are much more significant than the monetary claim, and the matter is being decided by a NAFTA panel convened by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. That is not an elected body, and because it operates outside of national laws and constitutional guarantees of justice and equality, it is virtually unaccountable. It meets behind closed doors, and is not obliged to reveal its processes or make its decisions public.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/22/1061529334881.html
(Added: Tue Aug 26 2003 Modified: Tue Aug 15 2006 Hits: 282)
- Gambian Villagers Find Hope in Easy-to-Fix Hand Pumps
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Oxfam America, 19 October 2007. Through a series of emergency programs, Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambian villagers plan for bouts of destructive weather and the consequences of conflict. That planning is giving them the tools to better withstand hardship and to relieve some of the pressure on their critical natural resources-land, water, and forests.
(Added: Mon Nov 05 2007 Hits: 23)
- GEMStat: Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) Water Programme
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The United Nations Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) Water Programme is dedicated to providing environmental water quality data and information of the highest integrity, accessibility and interoperability. These data are used in water assessments and capacity building initiatives around the world. GEMStat is designed to share surface and ground water quality data sets collected from the GEMS/Water Global Network, including over 1,400 stations, two million records, and over 100 parameters.
(Added: Wed Mar 23 2005 Modified: Wed Apr 19 2006 Hits: 122)
- Gender, Water and Poverty: Key Issues, Government Commitments and Actions for Sustainable Developme
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Co-Authors: Prabha Khosla and Rebecca Pearl, WEDO, January 2003. This paper presents an overview of the relationship between gender, poverty and water. The first section explores how, in every corner of the globe, women play a central role in managing water supply and distribution. It also examines how access to water and sanitation has implications for women's health and economic activities. Case studies highlight water projects and initiatives that have succeeded in elevating women's status. Section two presents strategies for translating government commitments on gender, poverty eradication and water and sanitation into action by advocating for a gender perspective in all water and sanitation related policies. As a fundamental component of sustainable development, water is a strong entry point for global advocacy on connected issues such as human rights, economic justice, poverty, reproductive rights, land, health, HIV/AIDS, and energy. Also in this section, women experts put forth their own guidelines for integrating gender in water use and management for poverty eradication. Section three, in the form of an insert, is a compilation of existing government commitments on gender, poverty and water. Advocates can use this matrix as a tool for monitoring government action. At the end of the paper is a list of websites, contacts and other resources that can be used to get involved.
http://www.wedo.org/files/untapped_eng.pdf
(Added: Wed Jun 11 2003 Modified: Fri Jan 12 2007 Hits: 235)
- Global International Waters Assessment: Pacific Islands
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This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Pacific Islands region. The region is unique because its inhabitants, who have close links with, and great cultural, economic and spiritual dependence on, their terrestrial and marine environment, are often the owners and users of these resources and ultimately govern their conservation and sustainable use. The root causes of overexploitation and freshwater shortage are illustrated using several case studies and potential policy options to mitigate these problems in the future are discussed. (UNEP, GIWA, 2004)
http://www.giwa.net/areas/reports/r62/giwa_regional_assessment_62.pdf
(Added: Wed Oct 25 2006 Hits: 142)
- Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based activities
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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 GPA aims at preventing the degradation of the marine environment from land-based activities by facilitating the duty of States to preserve and protect the marine environment.
(Added: Mon May 30 2005 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 133)
- Highlights of the FAO/Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems
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The FAO/Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems met from 31 January to 4 February 2005 at the Netherlands Congress Centre, in The Hague, The Netherlands. The Conference, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands, was attended by over 400 participants representing governments, inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as academia and the private sector. The Conference was convened to identify successful processes that lead to best practices for achieving land and water development through integrated water resources management (IWRM) with an ecosystem approach. It also sought to make recommendations to governments and organizations in implementing actions on water for food and ecosystems.
http://www.iisd.ca/sd/wfe/sdvol102num5e.html
(Added: Fri Feb 11 2005 Modified: Tue May 30 2006 Hits: 133)
- Human Development Report 2006: Beyond Scarcity - Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis
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The Human Development Report frames debates on some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. This year's report: • Investigates the underlying causes and consequences of a crisis that leaves 1.2 billion people without access to safe water and 2.6 billion without access to sanitation • Argues for a concerted drive to achieve water and sanitation for all through national strategies and a global plan of action • Examines the social and economic forces that are driving water shortages and marginalizing the poor in agriculture • Looks at the scope for international cooperation to resolve cross-border tensions in water management. (UNDP, November 2006)
(Added: Fri Nov 10 2006 Modified: Wed Jan 10 2007 Hits: 302)
- International Journal of Water Resources Development
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Covers all aspects of water development and management in both industrialized and Third World countries.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/07900627.html
(Added: Tue May 15 2001 Modified: Tue Jun 06 2006 Hits: 213)
- International Rivers Network
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IRN was established in 1985 as a nonprofit all-volunteer organization of activists experienced in fighting economically, environmentally, and socially unsound river intervention projects. Aware that similar projects and struggles were happening in other countries, IRN opened a communication channel with local river activists worldwide. In 1989, IRN began to develop a staff of experienced activists trained in economics, biology, engineering, hydrology, anthropology, and environmental sciences. IRN supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds. We work to halt destructive river development projects, and to encourage equitable and sustainable methods of meeting needs for water, energy and flood management.
(Added: Tue Apr 01 2003 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 148)
- InterWATER
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InterWATER offers information about more than 600 organisations and networks in the water supply and sanitation sector, related to developing countries. You can search the list of organisations using the search box in the top right hand corner of each page, or by selecting a region or country on this page. There is also a list of key international organisations and UN organisations. Each organisation has a short description, contact details, e-mail and website addresses, and related sites where applicable.
(Added: Mon Mar 31 2003 Modified: Thu Oct 05 2006 Hits: 184)
- Keeping the Promise on Water (PDF)
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'GEF's Contributions to Sustaining Our Planet's Water Ecosystems'. The Global Environment Facility, March 2003. Keeping the Promise on Water, a new publication by the GEF, emphasizes the need for increased cooperation among countries to sustainably manage our planet's water ecosystems. Other recommendations include the need for integrated management of land and water resources, as well as the protection of aquatic biodiversity for sustainable use.
http://gefweb.org/Outreach/outreach-PUblications/GEFWater2003.pdf
(Added: Fri Mar 21 2003 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 105)
- Keeping the Water Flowing
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In the villages near Mahoba in India, WaterAid's partner Gramonati Sansthan have trained a group of seven women to become mechanics - each looking after their village pumps, but also joining forces and working together when larger repairs are needed. As women are the main collectors of water and the main carers in the family their involvement often means the difference between a projects' success or failure. And having women in these roles also helps to change people's opinions, since women often face big problems with no property rights, no housing and lower literacy rates. (WaterAid)
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/india/3912.asp#Top
(Added: Tue Jun 27 2006 Modified: Mon Aug 14 2006 Hits: 248)
- Land and Water Rights in the Sahel: Tenure challenges of improving access to water for agriculture
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The study supports a process of policy debate and exchange of experience on how to tackle issues raised by the interface between water and land rights in the Sahel. It involves a range of actors working to improve access to water - policy makers, development practitioners, user and producer associations, community leaders and other civil society actors - and discusses practical ways to take account of land tenure issues in water programmes. Focusing on irrigation and pastoral water points, it also explores issues concerning linkages between rights over water, land and other natural resources in wetlands. The focus is on the Sahel, but relevant material from other Sahelian countries provides additional insights and reference is made to developments in other sub-Saharan African countries. (Lorenzo Catula, IIED, June 2006)
http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/12525IIED.pdf
(Added: Fri Jul 07 2006 Hits: 112)
- Lifewater
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Lifewater International's mission is to provide water resource development information, training, equipment and technical support to the rural poor.
(Added: Fri Jan 07 2005 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 108)
- Linking the Corruption,Water and Environmental Agendas to Combat Climate Change
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This Transparency International report argues that 'Corruption in the water sector compromises the environmental agenda. It contributes to water scarcity, largescale pollution and the destruction of natural habitats - all factors which make our response to climate change more difficult. If present patterns continue, climate change is expected to fundamentally alter rainfall and river flows, drive up sea levels and put water supplies at risk in many regions.'
(Added: Thu Jun 26 2008 Hits: 16)
- Making Every Drop Count: Water and Australian aid
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Making every drop count: Water and Australian aid is a new policy to guide water-related assistance within the Australian overseas aid program. Water is essential for economic growth and poverty reduction. Inadequate access to water for human consumption, agriculture and other needs threatens health, productivity and environmental sustainability in our region. This publication outlines the Government's strategy to assist developing country partners in the sustainable management and development of water resources and services. It focuses on water governance and service delivery, emphasising the application of Australian knowledge and expertise to water challenges in the Asia Pacific region. Includes a Media Release, Speech, and a report (PDF format): "Making every drop count: Water and Australian Aid"
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pubout.cfm?Id=8650_3406_3901_1959_9059&Type=
(Added: Tue Mar 25 2003 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 134)
- Manual on the right to water and sanitation (pdf)
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This manual is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in implementing the right to water and sanitation. The Manual has been produced by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Programme, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), (February 2008.)
http://www.cohre.org/store/attachments/RWP-Manual-water.pdf
(Added: Mon Feb 11 2008 Hits: 54)
