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Forests and water
Unasylva, FAO, 2008Water-related problems are an increasingly important challenge to sustainable development, and the availability and quality of water are strongly influenced by forests.OrganisationUnited Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)
UNU-INWEH’s aim is to strengthen water management capacity, particularly of developing countries, and to provide on-the-ground project support.DocumentWater rights and wrongs: a young people's summary of the United Nations Human Development Report 2006, Beyond Scarcity: power, poverty, and the global water crisis
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2007Aimed 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 illustrations, stories from young people, basic data on the health effects of poor-quality water, and examples of efforts to bring water to poor communities.DocumentMicrofinance for water supply services
Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough, 2006Microfinance provides the poor with an opportunity to access or finance water supply and sanitation activities.DocumentCutting edge contamination: a study of environmental pollution during the manufacture of electronic products
Greenpeace International, 2007This study highlights the environmental contamination resulting from the manufacture of electronic equipment such as computers.DocumentChildren's letters to ministers
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006There 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 importance of water in all its complexity.DocumentHuman development report 2006: Beyond Scarcity - Power, poverty and the global water crisis
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2006For 2006 the UN's Human Development Report focuses on global access to clean water and sanitation.DocumentNanotechnology, water and development
Meridian Institute, 2006This 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.DocumentWater: a shared responsibility
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006Many 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.DocumentBeing informed matters: experimental evidence on the demand for environmental quality
Global Development Network, 2005The 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 relevant information may help people protect themselves from environmental hazards such as infectious disease. Just how quantitatively significant is the role of information in this regard?Pages