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18.11.2004
VERANSTALTUNG
26. November 2004 in Lübeck
WATERTIME WORKSHOP
ON PARTICIPATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN URBAN WATER DECISION-MAKING
http://www.campaign-online.de/watertime/conference.html
Kontakt: Dr. Klaus Lanz,
International Water Affairs, Hamburg: [email protected]
WaterTime http://www.watertime.net/
… is a 3-year
EU-funded research project on the decision making process on the reform of water
supply and sanitation... Looking at decisions made in 29 European cities both
recently and in a historical perspective, the project aims at producing a set
of recommendations and a decision making model for stakeholders ... http://www.watertime.net/sources/2003/WP0/WatertimeSummary.doc
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NACHRICHTEN
Experts: Resources
at Root of Conflicts in Africa
17 November 2004 African peace
advocates says the continent's many conflicts cannot be resolved without
greater attention to the management and distribution of natural resources as
well as overall environmental preservation.
Competition for natural resources,
particularly fresh water, is a well-known component of the long-standing
Israel-Arab conflict in a region where arable land is extremely scarce. But
what of Africa, a vast continent blessed with tremendous natural bounty? There,
too, fierce competition exists for life and livelihood-sustaining resources,
according to activists from the region ...
http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-11-17-voa70.cfm
Wasser keine Handelsware
17.11.2004 Am
15. und 16. November 2004 diskutierten Vertreter der Wasserwirtschaft auf der
3. Handelsblatt-Jahrestagung Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft, die von Euroforum,
Düsseldorf, organisiert wurde, über den deutschen und europäischen Wassermarkt.
In der deutschen Wasserwirtschaft besteht einheitlich die Meinung, dass Wasser
keine beliebige Handelsware ist und der Wassermarkt nicht vergleichbar mit der
Energieversorgung ist. In diesem Punkt herrscht europaweit Einigkeit. Uneinig
ist man in Europa bei der Frage, welche Wettbewerbsmodelle in der Wasserver-
und Abwasserentsorgung angewendet werden sollen ...
http://www.technikwissen.de/umwelt/aktuell/newsdetail.asp?id=6495
Cooling the water
wars - Study urges compromise, state action
November 17,
2004 Colorado cities will struggle
to get the water they need as the population grows but may be able to lessen
the harm to farms and mountain streams with compromise and stronger state
involvement, according to a major study presented Tuesday to the Colorado Water
Conservation Board … When competing water interests in the state's various
river basins disagree, he said, "we should encourage dialogue to find
win-win situations" …
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2539879,00.html
2004-11-16 By 2010, Beijing residents may start getting
their water from the Yangtze River ... "Water security on the eastern
line, plagued by many chronic sources of contamination, is vital to the
diversion project," Zhang said, calling for a "clean water
corridor" …
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/16/content_392040.htm
November 16, 2004 … As
Canadian and U.S. negotiators were sitting down in Chicago yesterday, Natural
Resources Minister David Ramsay announced that the province would not sign the
current drafts of the Great Lakes Charter Annex after they met with a cool
reception with environmentalists and First Nations groups during public
consultations over the past three months. While the proposed agreements among
Ontario, Quebec and the eight U.S. states that border the Great Lakes basin
would regulate diversions of water from the lakes, the minister said that
Ontario will stick to current provincial legislation that outlaws water
diversions altogether …
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041116/LAKES16/TPEnvironment/
'Cultural change' on water use
November 11, 2004 An increase in water saving and rising dam
levels shows a cultural change on water conservation, according to NSW
Utilities Minister Frank Sartor .. "Cultural
change is upon us. We are valuing water a lot more" …
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11355089%255E1702,00.html
Water
monitoring system operational
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The
Ministry of Water and Power announced on Wednesday that a telemetry system at
all the 23 sites of the country had become operational and would remove
apprehensions about water utilization by different shareholders. That would
ensure better water management and accurate distribution of water among
provinces and its monitoring ...
http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/11/top6.htm
Permanent
water body to settle vital issues: Provinces to have similar management forums
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The
government on Thursday approved in principle the National Water Policy that
envisages complete reorganization of water sector institutions through their mergers
and okayed formation of a high-level permanent National Water Council (NWC) to
take crucial decisions on water-related issues and inter-provincial conflicts
...
http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/05/top9.htm
November 4, 2004 The vital
role of water in the alleviation of poverty has not been given the attention it
deserves, a recent survey of national Poverty Reduction Strategy papers by the
Global Water Partnership (GWP) indicates … "This failure to capture the
critical importance of water in livelihood provision and poverty alleviation
needs to be remedied," a discussion paper by GWP stated at the fifth
WaterNet Symposium … The GWP paper states that attempts to incorporate the
water factor in poverty reduction strategies have been confined to the supply
of safe drinking water and sanitation services. "Strategies that exclude
access to water for productive purposes other than drinking water are highly
flawed" …
http://allafrica.com/stories/200411040189.html
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NEU: DOKUMENT / VERÖFFENTLICHUNG
The World's
Water 2004-2005 The Biennial Report on Freshwater
Resources
By:
Peter H. Gleick, with Nicholas L. Cain, Dana Haasz, Christine Henges-Jeck,
Catherine M. Hunt, Michael Kiparsky, Marcus Moench, Meena Palaniappan, Veena
Srinivasan, and Gary H. Wolff
Publisher:
Island Press
ISBN:
1-55963-536-3
Available in November 2004
PM November 17, 2004: U.S. Ignores Growing Global
and Domestic Water Crisis
Nation Could Reap Huge Political,
Social, and Economic Gains From A New Focus on Water Issues
Water problems continue to
grow both here in the United States, in other wealthy nations, and in the
developing world. But instead of leading global and national efforts to
safeguard this critical resource, the United States lacks a coherent and
strategic approach to water issues. This affects the nation’s reputation,
business success, and security …
http://www.pacinst.org/press_center/the_worlds_water_2004-2005/
Globale Umweltpolitik 2005 - Perspektiven
im Kontext der Reform der Vereinten Nationen
SWP-Studie
2004/S 45, November 2004
http://www.swp-berlin.org/produkte/swp_studie.php?id=3933&PHPSESSID=1d18cc50971fb83dc2667535f1e4f5e0
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... so nebenher beim Recherchieren gefunden:
5. November 2004
Königlich amüsiert
Die
Queen trifft Trittin - ob sie sich so unterhalten haben?
http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2004/11/04/360240.html
Herzliche Grüße von der Elbe
Jörg Barandat
http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html