Water quality
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Does policy pay enough attention to the interaction between water and forests?
- ( A. Perlis / Unasylva, FAO , 2008)
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Water-related problems are an increasingly important challenge to sustainable development, and the availability and quality of water are strongly influenced by forests. In this issue of FAO's ...
- A guide for young people to the main causes of, and solutions to, a lack of access to clean water
- ( Human Development Report Office, UNDP , 2007)
- Aimed at young people, this booklet presents key points from the 2006 Human Development Report on water scarcity and its effects on human life. The report is user-friendly, using photographs and illus...
- Can microfinance help the poor access water and sanitation services?
- ( C. Fonseca / Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough , 2006)
- Microfinance provides the poor with an opportunity to access or finance water supply and sanitation activities. This fact sheet outlines key issues regarding the use of microfinance in the water secto...
- Environmental contamination resulting from the manufacture of electronic equipment
- ( K. Bridgen; I. Labunska; D. Santillo; A. Walters / Greenpeace International , 2007)
- This study highlights the environmental contamination resulting from the manufacture of electronic equipment such as computers. The study documents how the computer manufacturing industry is contribut...
- Conveying children's hopes, suggestions, and frustrations of children with respect to water
- ( A. Aureli; M.D. Donoso; L.E. Marín; V.H. Martínez / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006)
- There has been growing concern over the lack of information that society as a whole has with respect to our water resources. But this report shows that children and young people intuitively know the i...
- Access to free, clean water key to human development
- ( K. Watkins / Human Development Report Office, UNDP , 2006)
- For 2006 the UN's Human Development Report focuses on global access to clean water and sanitation. Responsible for 2 million child deaths a year, the global water crisis, the report argues, demands im...
- Nanotechnology, an option for rural water treatment and sanitation?
- ( T. Hillie; M. Munasinghe; M. Hlope; Y. Deraniyagala / Meridian Institute , 2006)
- This paper draws together a range of issues that need to be considered and addressed in applying technology, particularly nanotechnology, for improving basic sanitation and access to clean water. It r...
- Addressing the need for sustainable and equitable water management
- ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006)
- Many countries are still not on track to reach the water-related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – threatening their security, development and environmental sustainability. This re...
- What can be the role of information in preventing people from getting contaminated drinking water?
- ( J. Jalan; E. Somanathan / Global Development Network , 2005)
- The economics literature has laid more emphasis on wealth than on information as a determinant of the willingness to pay to protect oneself from environmental and health hazards. Being informed of rel...
- Tsunami response: efforts to supply drinking water focused on quantity rather than quality
- ( T. Clasen; L. Smith / World Health Organization , 2005)
- This World Health Organization report investigates the organisation of drinking water supplies following the Indian Ocean tsunami. It finds that large water tanks, mobile treatment plants and emergenc...
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