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NOVEDADES
“CULTURA DEL
CUIDADO DEL AGUA, AH2ORRA”
26 al 28
junio - Club France
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NOTICIAS
NOMINATIONS
FOR THE 2004 STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE
September
30, 2003.
INTERNATIONAL
YEAR OF FRESH WATER 2003 CHAMBÉRY DECLARATION ON "FORESTS &
WATER " INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FORESTS AND WATER, CHAMBÉRY”
France, 5 and 6 June 2003
COALITION
LAUNCHES EUR 30 MILLION STRATEGY TO PROTECT WEST AFRICA'S COASTS
AND SEAS
Dakar, Senegal, 16 June 2003
ANALIZA SENADO CREAR UNA PROCURADURÍA
GENERAL DEL AGUA ANTE PROBLEMA DE ESCASEZ.
THE SIXTH WATER INFORMATION SUMMIT (WIS
6)
9-12
Sep 2003
SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN - CONCEPTUALISING SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CONFLICT
18
June 2003
DESIGNAN NUEVO DIRECTOR
EJECUTIVO DE LA COMISIÓN PARA LA
COOPERACIÓN
AMBIENTAL DE AMÉRICA DEL NORTE
Montreal, 19 de junio de 2003
LLAMAN A COMPARTIR ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA
Ciudad de
México, 19 junio 2003
AGUAS
RESIDUALES COMO FUENTES DE CONTAMINACIÓN EN LAS COSTAS DE
AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
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EVENTOS
 CONGRESO.
ENCUENTRO DE AFECTADOS POR REPRESAS
Informe del 9 al
13 de junio.
MESA
REDONDA PARA LA PREVENCIÓN DE
LA CONTAMINACIÓN EN MÉXICO.
México DF, 19 de
Junio de 2003.
POSTGRADOS
Y CURSOS
MAINSTREAMING
GENDER IN WATER MANAGEMENT
UNDP in
collaboration with the Gender Water Alliance (GWA)
DIPLOMADO
EN TECNOLOGÍA Y MANEJO DEL AGUA
2 al 12 de Julio,
2003
PRINCIPIOS BÁSICOS DE LA PROCURACIÓN
DE FONDOS
México D.F., 7 al
9 de Julio
TALLER:
PLANEACIÓN ESTRATÉGICA PARA ORGANIZACIONES NO LUCRATIVAS
México
D.F. - 25 Junio de 2003
SUMMER
INSTITUTE IN COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Class
Dates June 3 To July 1, 2004
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LIGAS
SPECIAL
ISSUE: WORLDENVIRONMENT DAY ISSUE 4
June 5, 2003
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ONG's
Y REDES
WEDO (La Organización de Mujeres para
Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo). ANUNCIO DE PASANTÍA
4-6 meses
comenzará en julio de 2003
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CONTENIDO
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“CULTURA DEL CUIDADO DEL AGUA, AH2ORRA”
26 al 28
junio - Club France
La Unión de Grupos Ambientalistas, el Centro Ecológico
Acuaexcomatl y el Círculo Francés de México, organizaron y
convocaron al Ciclo de Conferencias y Expo “CULTURA DEL
CUIDADO DEL AGUA, AH2ORRA”,
que se llevó a cabo los días 26, 27 y 28 de Junio en las
Instalaciones del Club France, contando con la participación de
ONG’s, Universidades, Instituciones Privadas y Gubernamentales.
Contamos con la participación de miembros de la Red Ciudadana del
Agua a los que agradecemos su apoyo.
El
evento contó con talleres, conferencias y stands.
Las
conferencias fueron:
Aprovechamiento Integral de recursos subutilizados "lluvia"
recuperados del agua residual”
- Jesús Arias
Presidente
de la Fundación de EcoDesarrollo Xochicalli AC.-
“Clubes y Medio Ambiente”
-Empresa
Heliocolt-
“Filtración y Agua de Lluvia” - M.
en C.A. Ilan Adler
Alliant Interntational
University-
“Riesgos
hidrometeorológicos en la Delegación Álvaro Obregón”-Ing.
Genaro Anita Gtz.
Del.
Álvaro Obregón-
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CONGRESO. ENCUENTRO DE AFECTADOS POR REPRESAS
Informe del 9 al 13
de junio.
Congreso-Encuentro
de Afectados por Represas
Más de un millón de personas han sido obligadas a dejar sus
tierras para dar paso a la construcción de represas
hidroeléctricas, generando un drama de desplazados en Brasil.
Esta realidad es consecuencia del modelo energético brasileño,
dedicado a la construcción de grandes y medianas represas, con
graves secuelas sociales y ambientales. Según el plan al 2015
del Gobierno Federal, se prevé la construcción de 494 represas,
lo que implicaría la expulsión de 850 mil personas más de sus
tierras.
Congreso / Encuentro
Durante la semana del 9 al 13 de junio el Movimiento de Afectados
por las Represas (MAB, por sus siglas en portugués) realizará su V
Congreso / Encuentro, que se desarrollará en la Universidad
Nacional de Brasilia, con la finalidad de definir la actuación
del MAB en los próximos 3 años, reforzar la organización de base
y su articulación nacional e internacional, al tiempo que busca
articularse con otros movimientos y organizaciones que combaten
al neoliberalisno.
También es una buena oportunidad para lanzar su propuesta de
modelo energético para el país.
MAB
El MAB nació en marzo de 1991, durante el I Congreso Nacional de
Afectados por las Represas y tiene como finalidad contraponerse
al modelo energético establecido y busca construir la
organización de la lucha de resistencia y de transformación de
esta realidad.
El MAB tiene como banderas de lucha el estar en contra de la
construcción de represas hidroeléctricas; Por la garantía de los
derechos de las poblaciones afectadas; Por la construcción de un
nuevo modelo energético; y contra el modelo capitalista
neoliberal y por la construcción de un Proyecto popular para
Brasil.
El movimiento se ha organizado y consolidado en 5 regiones: Sur,
Sudoeste, Centro-Oeste, Norte y Noroeste. Trabaja en todas las
regiones desarrollando luchas, movilizaciones y actividades de
formación.
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Comunidad Web de Movimientos Sociales
http://www.movimientos.org/
Para suscripciones a la lista: <majordomo@movimientos.org>
Problemas con subscripciones a la lista: <pasalavoz@movimientos.org>
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MAINSTREAMING
GENDER IN WATER MANAGEMENT
UNDP in collaboration with
the Gender Water Alliance (GWA)
We are pleased to announce that the Gender and Water Resource Guide:
Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management is now available as a
user-friendly interactive web version. See
http://www.undp.org/water/genderguide
The Resource Guide has been developed by UNDP in collaboration with the
Gender Water Alliance (GWA) and SIDA.
UNDP and its partners will aim to continually update the guide in order
to keep abreast of new materials, information and concepts.
The Gender and Water Resource Guide has been developed to assist
development practitioners in mainstreaming gender within the context of
integrated water resources management (IWRM). The mainstreaming of
gender is critical to reach the Millennium Development Goals as well as
the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The resource guide consolidates
available materials and gives a quick guide to accessing existing
information.
We would appreciate if you can disseminate the Resource Guide throughout
your networks. We are inviting your comments on the Resource Guide so
that we can make future versions even better.
You may contact us at the address listed below for further information
or to receive a copy of the interactive CD-ROM.
Many thanks and kind regards,
Lara Yacob,
Programme Officer, UNDP Contact
information:
Bureau for Development Policy
United Nations Development Programme
304 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
Fax: 212.906.6973
Email: bdp-water@undp.org
NOMINATIONS
FOR THE 2004
STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE
September
30, 2003.
Nominations for the 2004 Stockholm Water Prize -- which can be presented
for excellence in water action, water awareness building, water
management or
water science -- are now being sought and will be accepted until
September
30, 2003.
Eligibility for the $150,000 Stockholm Water Prize is open to
individuals, institutions, organisations and companies for outstanding
achievements that increase knowledge of water, raise understanding of
the many faceted aspects of this precious resource, and protect its
usability and availability for all life.
Previous Prize Laureates have represented many water-related disciplines
- including academia, education and research, development aid,
engineering and law - and have come from Australia, Canada, Denmark,
Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Switzerland,
the United States and Venezuela.
For more information, or to download a nominating brochure, visit
www.siwi.org.
David J. Trouba
Communications Manager
Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI
Hantverkargatan 5
SE-112 21 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel. +46 (0)8 522 139 89
Fax. +46 (0)8 522 139 61
Mobile: +46-73 914 39 89
Mobile E-mail:
0739143989@sms.tele2.se (maximum 150 characters per message)
dave.trouba@siwi.org
www.siwi.org
INTERNATIONAL
YEAR OF FRESH WATER 2003 CHAMBÉRY DECLARATION ON "FORESTS & WATER "
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FORESTS AND WATER, CHAMBÉRY”
France, 5 and
6 June 2003
Background
Supplies of fresh water are unevenly distributed and increasingly in
demand. Sustainable forest management is considered a key to water
resources management in particular and to upland resources development
in general. It is tightly linked to watershed development. Forested
catchments supply water for domestic, agricultural, industrial and other
needs in downstream areas. Forests and forested watersheds play
essential roles in sustaining and protecting water supplies.
Well-managed forests have a direct impact on the quality of water yields
from watersheds and on the regulation of flows. They also mitigate the
effects of soil mass movements, rockfalls and avalanches and contribute
to soil erosion control, and consequently to reducing downstream
sediment transfers. All these forest services related to water may be
better identified within a watershed framework, linking upstream and
downstream areas. Although forest and water resources are inextricably
linked, they are rarely managed in an integrated way.
A growing number of factors influence forest and water resources,
including: climatic variability, local- or larger-scale pollution and
fires, deforestation and changes in land use, demographic trends,
conflicts, market and short-term economic factors, the development of
infrastructure and tourism, insufficient participation of local actors,
lack of political vision, and shifts in societal expectations.
Objective
The Workshop brought together foresters, hydrologists, researchers and
practitioners, planners and policy makers, and other stakeholders to
share and mutually learn from ongoing activities of integrated forest
and water resource management. Participants adopted the present Chambéry
Declaration with a view to reinforcing collaborative and supportive
mechanisms among all related actors in the sustainable management of
forest and water resources, taking into account international
initiatives related to forests and water. These include the ‘Shiga
Declaration’ (Japan, November 2002), the FAO European Forestry
Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds and
the establishment of an FAO entity on Forests and Water, the Third World
Water Forum (Kyoto, March 2003), the International Union of Forestry
Research Organisations (IUFRO) Task Force on Forests in Sustainable
Mountain Development, and the UNESCO International Hydrological
Programme.
Recommendations
A major conclusion of the Workshop is that continuous and determined
efforts are needed to integrate the management of these vital resources
for sustainable development.
In order to reach such an objective, participants highlighted the
following:
1.
The watershed perspective is best suited to achieve this
integration, which often implies the need to overcome administrative and
political divisions and compartmentalisation.
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Participative and cross-sectoral mechanisms, as well as exchanges of
experiences, are needed to provide beneficial interactions among
stakeholders.
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The full value of water-related services derived from the management
of their forests by owners (private and municipal) and local
populations should be recognised.
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It is critical to develop and implement national and sub-national
policies, programmes and strategies for integrated management of
forest and water resources. Such policies and strategies could benefit
from international initiatives such as those referred above.
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Solidarity among countries in this area should be developed in the
financial, technical, educational and training fields.
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Relevant data should be made available to facilitate assessment of the
results of ongoing initiatives. Pilot sites, such as those identified
within the joint UNESCO-World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) initiative are
effective means to these ends.
Pier Carlo Zingari
Director
European Observatory of Mountain Forests - EOMF
Observatoire Européen des Forêts de Montagne - OEFM
350 Quai Charles Ravet F-73000 Chambéry, France
tel++33 (0)4 79 33 49 52, fax++33 (0)4 79 33 38 95
email:
zingari.oefm@wanadoo.fr
web:
http://www.eomf.org
2002 - International Year of Mountains - IYM
web:
http://www.mountains2002.org
2003 - International Year of Fresh Water - IYFW
web:
http://www.wateryear2003.org
COALITION
LAUNCHES
EUR 30 MILLION STRATEGY TO PROTECT WEST
AFRICA'S COASTS AND
SEAS
Dakar, Senegal, 16 June 2003
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release
Dakar, Senegal, 16 June 2003 (IUCN) - Six West-African countries and
fifty conservation, research and development organizations have agreed
to work together on marine and coastal conservation at a high-level
conference in Dakar, Senegal last Friday.
Ten Ministers of Environment and Fisheries from Cape Verde, Gambia,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal approved the new 'Regional
Strategy for Marine Protected Areas in West Africa', which will lead to
a wide array of actions at a cost of EUR30 million over five years.
"Our regional marine biodiversity is extremely threatened, particularly
so given the current overexploitation of our fisheries. This Strategy
will allow everyone in the region to address this issue and implement
urgently-needed remedial measures", said HE Ahmedou Ould Ahmedou,
Minister of Fisheries for Mauritania and current President of the
Subregional Fisheries Commission (SRFC).
The goal of the Strategy is to improve the management of marine and
coastal resources to optimise their contribution to social, economic and
environmental security, sustained livelihoods and biodiversity
conservation.
"All partners share the same vision and principles for achieving
sustainable development and biodiversity conservation in the coastal
zone. This will now allow efficient, cost-effective and highly
beneficial synergies and exchanges of information among tens of
different institutions responsible for managing resources over 3,500 km
of coastline" said Pierre Campredon, Executive Secretary of FIBA and
leader for the production of the Strategy.
Approximately 60% of the 22 million people in the six countries of West
Africa live on the coast and depend mostly on fisheries. Fisheries in
Mauritania for example make up 12% of its GDP and 50% of its foreign
exchange earnings. Fish also contributes directly to more than 60% of
animal protein intake in the region.
Overfishing along the West African coast threatens
local livelihoods and biodiversity, exacerbated by the destruction of
fish spawning areas on the coast. To protect invaluable fish stocks,
several Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have already been established
along the coastline by West African states, chiefly state members of the
SRFC.
These areas preserve some of the coast, but the protection and
replenishment of fisheries resources and biodiversity in the West
African subregion requires much larger efforts.
The coalition will work on key recommendations of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (2002) and the New Partnership for Africa's
Development (NEPAD), mainly to establish an efficient network of
national or transboundary Marine Protected Areas, to restore fisheries
to sustainable levels, to preserve the know-how and cultural heritage of
local communities, and to develop ecotourism.
The Strategy is the result of intense collaboration between IUCN - The
World Conservation Union, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Wetlands
International, the International Foundation for the Banc d'Arguin (FIBA),
UNESCO and the SRFC.
Another fifty organisations have pledged active support to its
implementation. Representatives of scientific institutions, governmental
agencies and international development organisations agreed to provide
broad technical and financial support towards implementation of the
Regional Strategy.
All participants agreed that the Strategy provides a totally new and
concerted framework that gives donors' investments a much higher
coherence, efficiency and visibility. "Such a practical framework is
most welcome and comes at a time when donors want to establish clear
partnerships amongst themselves to support regionally-agreed priorities
for conservation and sustainable use" says Mr Huub Buise, Chief of
Cooperation for the Royal Netherlands Embassy and Chairperson of the
meeting.
Participants agreed on a final statement, which calls for overall
support towards further development of the Regional Strategy. The
Communiqué is available from the IUCN website (www.iucn.org).
For more information
Please contact Ibrahim Thiaw, Regional Director for West Africa, IUCN
Regional Office for West Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Telephone: ++226 307-047, Fax ++226 307-561
Email:
ibrahim.thiaw@iucn.org
For a copy of the Regional Strategy and Programme (available on CD-Rom
in French, English and Portuguese), please contact Ibrahima Niamadio,
Programme Officer, RMPC, at
ibrahima.niamadio@iucn.org
About IUCN
Created in 1948, IUCN - The World Conservation Union brings together 75
States, 108 government agencies, over 750 NGOs, and some 10,000
scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide
partnership. IUCN's mission is to influence, encourage and assist
societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity
of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable
and ecologically sustainable.
IUCN is the world's largest environmental knowledge network and has
helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation
and biodiversity strategies. IUCN is a multicultural, multilingual
organization with 1000 staff located in 42 countries. Its headquarters
are in Gland, Switzerland.
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Communication Officer
Wetlands and Water Resources Programme
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
Rue Mauverney 28 - CH 1196 - Gland (CH)
Direct: ++41 22 9990251 Fax: ++41 22 9990025 Mobile: +41 79 2134670
DIPLOMADO EN TECNOLOGÍA Y MANEJO DEL AGUA
2 al 12 de Julio, 2003
ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Mexico Campus
y
IRRI-MÉXICO
Instituto Internacional de Recursos Renovables
se complacen en invitarle al Diplomado en
Tecnología y Manejo del Agua
Taller Teórico - Práctico
a realizarse en la sede de nuestra universidad del 2 al 12 de Julio,
2003
Dirigido a estudiantes, maestros, ONGs, empleados gubernamentales, y al
público en general que desee profundizar sus conocimientos acerca de un
tema tan actual e importante como lo es el agua.
Temario
Clasificación de las Aguas
Introducción a Normativas Oficiales
Técnicas de Muestreo y Análisis
Indicadores Ecológicos
Métodos de Tratamiento
Captación de Agua de Lluvia
Estrategias Municipales en Manejo de Aguas
Ahorro de Agua y Reducción de Costos
Horarios
Miércoles 2 y Viernes 4
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Sábado 5
9:00am - 2:00pm
Lunes 7 y Miércoles 9 6:30pm
- 9:30pm
Sábado 12
9:00am - 1:00pm
Costo:
$1,600.00 pesos por participante.
Incluye IVA, materiales, y visita a planta tratadora.
10% de descuento al inscribirse antes del 20 de Junio.
Descuentos especiales disponibles para grupos.
Instructores:
Sergio Sabanero
SEMARNAT- Patzcuaro. Egresado de la UNAM en Ciencias Químicas.
Experto en Análisis de Aguas y Ecología de Lagos.
Ilán Adler
Maestro en Ciencias Ambientales de la Universidad de Wageningen,
Holanda, especializado en Tecnología del Agua. Profesor y coordinador
del área ambiental en Alliant International University.
Ron Sawyer
Director de Sarar Transformación SC, Tepoztlán; tiene más de 20 años de
experiencia brindando apoyo y capacitación para el uso de métodos
participativos enfocados a saneamiento y agua.
Coordina el Proyecto piloto de saneamiento ecológico urbano TepozEco.
Anne Delmaire
Originaria de París, Francia, Licenciada en Química Aplicada y
Química-Física, con maestría en Gestión de Agua.
Actualmente radica en Tepoztlán como co-coordinadora del proyecto piloto
TepozEco.
Para inscripciones y mayor información contactar a:
Alliant International University
Alvaro Obregón 110
Colonia Roma, México, DF
Tel. (52-55) 5264-2187
Email: agua@usiumexico.edu
Coordinador: Mtro. Ilán Adler
Esperamos contar con su presencia,
Cupo Limitado
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El Senado de la República analiza crear una Procuraduría
General del agua, tener tribunales en la materia o realizar
una reforma constitucional para resolver el problema de la
escasez del vital líquido. Así lo informó el presidente de
la Comisión de Recursos Hidráulicos del Senado, Ulises Ruiz
Ortiz, quien dijo que para resolver el problema del agua no
basta con la Ley de Aguas y se debe hacer un esfuerzo más
ambicioso para lograr un marco normativo que enfrente este
reto
Ruiz Ortiz se reunió con integrantes de la Comisión Mexicana
de Infraestructura Ambiental, a quienes explicó las reformas
realizadas a la Ley de Aguas Nacionales y que fueron
aprobadas por el Congreso de la Unión. En el encuentro,
realizado en la Torre del Caballito, el senador priísta dijo
que esta ley es una de las pocas que, por tener una
importancia crucial en el desarrollo de México, no fue
politizada, pues se dejaron de lado los intereses de los
partidos y se trabajó para generar cambios
Indicó que todavía falta que las reformas sean publicadas
por el Ejecutivo Federal, "pero trabajamos en ello y
esperamos que, gracias al proceso amplio y profesional, no
tenga ninguna objeción, aunque dichas reformas es sólo un
principio". Precisó que el Senado ya trabaja para reformar
otras leyes que generen integralidad en la administración
del agua, y se estudia "la posibilidad de tener una
Procuraduría o subprocuraduría General" en materia de agua".
A su vez, el asesor de la Comisión de Recursos Hidráulicos,
Eduardo Mestre, sostuvo que en México hay graves problemas
por la sobreconcesión del líquido, pues de los mantos
acuíferos se extrae más de lo que la naturaleza recarga, lo
que coloca a México en una situación peligrosa. Afirmó que
en México la del agua es una crisis de gobernabilidad, pues
"no contamos con las bases para distribuir adecuadamente el
agua, lo que se debe, en buena parte, al crecimiento de la
población y la mala planificación. (Con información de
Notimex).
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THE
SIXTH WATER INFORMATION SUMMIT (WIS 6)
9-12 Sep
2003
From
9-12 Sep 2003, the Sixth Water Information Summit (WIS 6) will be
held in Delft, the Netherlands, see
http://www.irc.nl/page.php/135.
We would like to know if you would be interested to join a
Community of Practice on water and sanitation news services
before, during and after WIS 6.
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre has been producing a
newsletter in English and French since 1968, from 1998 as Source
Water and Sanitation News service with the Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). Source
http://www.irc.nl/source/index.php
- is also published in French and Spanish. We have assisted some
of our partners in establishing their own newsletters.
At the WIS 6 we will be holding a working group meeting on water
and
sanitation news
services. Planned outputs from the workshop include:
- an overview of promising trends, tips and tricks in news
selection, writing and publishing water periodicals
- guidelines for developing country-based news services
- advice on continuation of a collaborative platform in the
future.
Other topics for discussion include balancing of electronic
versus paper distribution, language problems, interaction with
readers, technology interfaces, financing, and promotion.
We hope to use the outputs of WIS 6 as material for further
discussion and possible collaboration in our community of
practice.
We invite you to reply to the short questionnaire below and
return it to Dick de Jong, jong@irc.nl. Put an X to the answer
that applies.
Do you plan to come to WIS 6? [ ]Y [ ] N
Are
you willing to join a soon to be established "Water News Services"
Yahoo list server group for electronic collaboration? [ ]Y
[ ] N
Would you contribute to this e-group? [ ]Y [ ] N
Please let us know your other suggestion and comments.
Kind
regards
Dick de Jong, Editor Source Bulletin
Cor Dietvorst, Editor Source Weekly
Ewen Leborgne, editor Source Nouvelles
Dick de Jong Information
and Communication Officer
IRC
International Water and Sanitation Centre
P.O. Box 2869 2601 CW Delft
The Netherlands
T +31 15 2192961 F +31 15 2190955
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jong@irc.nl
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www.irc.nl
Join the Sixth Water Information Summit, 9-12 Sep 2003,
http://www.irc.nl/wis6
Free Water and Sanitation News Service: subscribe via
http://www.irc.nl/source or by e-mail to
source-weekly-request@listserv.antenna.nl with the message:
subscribe.
Cor Dietvorst, Information Specialist and Editor Source Weekly
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
PO Box 2869, 2601 CW Delft, The Netherlands
T 31 15 2192984 F 31 15 2190955
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www.irc.nl
SECURITY
AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - CONCEPTUALISING
SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT
18 June
2003
I would like to draw your attention to a new major book on:
Security and Environment in the Mediterranean - Conceptualising
Security and Environmental Conflict edited by H.G. Brauch – P.H.
Liotta – A. Marquina – P. Rogers – M. Selim that has been
published in June by
Springer
Publishers
in Berlin – Heidelberg – New York – Hong Kong – London – Milan –
Paris – Tokyo . The book has 1162 pages, 177 illus., is in
hardcover and has an index.
Details (with contents, forewords and sample pages) you find at:
<
http://www.afes-press.de/html/bk_book_of_year.html >.
with important background information and a direct link to the
website of the publisher at:
<http://www.springer.de/cgi/svcat/search_book.pl?isbn=3-540-40107-5
>.
The book has two forewords by the Secretary General of NATO, the
Hon. Lord Robertson, and by the Secretary General of the League of
Arab States, the Hon. Amre Moussa as well as four prefaces by the
Hon. Kamel S. Abu Jaber (Jordan), Sir Crispin Tickell (UK), Ambas-sador
Jonathan Dean (USA), and Prof. El Sayed Yassin (Egypt).
The book has five original chapters on water issues in the
Mediterranean and Middle East by:
Anthony Allan: Water Security in the Middle East and the
Mediterranean
Branko Bošnjaković: Shared Ground Water Resource Management and
Protection in the Mediterranean A Joint Approach by United Nations
Agencies
Ines Dombrowsky: Water Accords in the Middle East Peace Process:
Moving towards Cooperation?
Waltina Scheumann: The Euphrates Issue in Turkish-Syrian Relations
Henrike Peichert: The Nile Basin Initiative: A Catalyst for
Cooperation
Two additional chapters by Hans Günter Brauch discuss the role of
water scarcity, water cooperation and conflicts in the framework
of the first three phases of the social science research on
environmental security and the role of water in a fourth research
phase on Human and Environmental Security and Peace (HESP).
In this book 55 authors from 22 countries from Europe (Croatia,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Spain, UK), North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia),
Asia (China, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Turkey) and North America (U.S.A
and Mexico) focus on a wide range of security and environment
linkages from perspectives and disciplines of the natural and
social sciences
From the
contents (2 forewords, 4 prefaces, 52 chapters in 14 parts):
Introduction: Security and Environment Linkages, Conflicts in the
Mediterranean (1945-2001) and Conflict Prevention – Security
Dialogue and Concepts: NATO’s Mediterranean Security Dialogue and
Security Concept of the European Union – Conceptualising Security
in the Post-Cold War Period in the North and in the South –
Security Challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – Security
for the Mediterranean Region, Environmental Consequences of Wars
in the Mediterranean (1940-2000) – Population Growth and Climate
Change in the Mediterranean – Desertification in the Mediterranean
and MENA Region – Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean and MENA
Region – Food and Urbanisation in the Mediterranean and MENA
Region – Outcome of Environmental Stress: From Natural Disasters
to Disaster Prevention – Empirical and Theoretical Results and
Conceptual Conclusions – Appendix: abbreviations, bibliography, on
the contributors, index.
Security specialists, peace researchers, environmental scholars,
demographers, climate, desertification, water, food and
urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa,
Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention
in the Mediterranean, analyse NATO’s Mediterranean security
dialogue, offer conceptualisations of security and perceptions
of security challenges as seen in North and South. The
latter half
analyses environmental security and conflicts in the
Mediterranean and environmental consequences of World War II,
the Gulf War, the Balkans wars and the Middle East conflict and
examines factors of global environmental change: population
growth, climate change, desertification, water scarcity, food and
urbanisation issues as well as natural disasters. It draws
conceptual conclusions for a fourth phase of research on human and
environmental security and peace as well as policy conclusions
for cooperation and partnership in the Mediterranean in the 21st
century.
The book has been published as the first volume of the new
scientific Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and
Peace (HESP), as well as volume 16 of the Collection STRADEMED (Strategy
and development in the Mediterranean).
With kind regards
Hans Günter Brauch
Peace Research and European Security Studies (AFES-PRESS),
Alte Bergsteige 47
74821 Mosbach
Germany
Phone: 49-6261-12912
Fax: 49-6261-15695
Email: brauch@afes-press.de
URL: http://www.afes-press.de
MESA REDONDA PARA LA PREVENCIÓN DE
LA CONTAMINACIÓN EN MÉXICO.
México DF, 19 de Junio de 2003.
La Mesa Redonda para la Prevención de la Contaminación en México (MRPCM)
es una organización creada en enero de 2000 que tiene como misión
difundir y promover este concepto, el cual además de mejorar el
desempeño ambiental y la productividad, genera beneficios
económicos importantes para las empresas.
La MRPCM llevará a cabo su
4to Evento Nacional
en la Cd. de Guadalajara del 1 al 3 de octubre del presente año.
En éste se tratarán temas de gran importancia asociados a la
Prevención de la Contaminación (PC) dentro de los 6 diferentes
paneles: Prevenir la contaminación es un buen negocio; Políticas
que impulsan la prevención de la contaminación; Desarrollo de
capacidades técnicas para prevenir la contaminación: educación y
capacitación; Las herramientas para prevenir la contaminación;
Financiando proyectos que previenen la generación de contaminantes
y; Cooperación regional para prevenir la contaminación. En esta
ocasión la MRPCM será anfitriona además de la reunión “Prevención
de la contaminación y manejo adecuado de sustancias químicas:
retos y oportunidades” y una reunión trinacional (México, Estados
Unidos y Canadá) sobre sistemas de administración ambiental que
organiza la Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental de América del
Norte. El evento consta de talleres y conferencias impartidos por
expertos y prestigiadas personalidades nacionales e
internacionales.
Es por ello que por este conducto tenemos el agrado de invitarlo a
participar en este esfuerzo. El evento tendrá lugar en el
CUCEA
(Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico – Administrativas) de
la Universidad de Guadalajara, ubicado en Periférico Norte 799
esquina Blvd. Parres Arias (Núcleo Universitario Los Belenes),
Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
Favor de confirmar su asistencia con el Ing. Elías Becerril al
teléfono (01 55) 5622-3343 fax (01 55) 5622-3433 e-mail:
JBecerrilB@iingen.unam.mx / Lic. Jaime Beltrán al
teléfono (01 55) 56 59 50 21, Fax (01 55) 56 59 50 23, e-mail:
ccana@prodigy.net.mx
Sin más por el momento y esperando contar con su asistencia
aprovechamos la ocasión para enviarle un cordial saludo.
Atentamente
Comite
Directivo
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DESIGNAN
NUEVO DIRECTOR EJECUTIVO DE LA COMISIÓN PARA LA COOPERACIÓN
AMBIENTAL DE AMÉRICA DEL NORTE
Montreal, 19 de junio
de 2003
Montreal, 19 de junio de 2003. El Consejo de la Comisión para la
Cooperación Ambiental (CCA) anunció hoy el nombramiento del doctor
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