[debate-l] Youth Forum - Water topic resources

[Ioana Cionea]

Hello everyone, 
As you are preparing for the resolutions that will be debated at the forum this year, here are a few links for resources on water that may be helpful. 
Best, 
Ioana Cionea
Curriculum Director

Topics for the IDEA KPDC tournament:
  Prepared topic 1: "Dams be damned"
 Prepared topic 2: "Private management of fresh water utilities is preferable to their public  management"  
In addition, three limited preparation rounds with topics in the area of water will be announced at the Forum. 

Links for resources:
  General info about right to water:
  http://www.righttowater.org.uk/code/homepage.asp 
   
  General Info about Water Privatization:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_privatization
  http://www.cbc.ca/news/features/water/
  http://www.thewaterpage.com/ 
   
  Thirst (a documentary about clashes and issues surrounding international water privatization) Media & Teaching Cite:  http://www.thirstthemovie.org/index.html
   
  Water Study Group Bibliography: http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/aidaustin/water/links.html
       
Research Organizations with Water/Privatization Studies Programs and Advocacy Organizations with good Reports:
    World Conservation Union: http://waterandnature.org/
  International Water Law Institute: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/iwlri/index.php , http://www.dundee.ac.uk/iwlri/Research_Documents_International.php#Strategy 
  Pacific Institute: http://www.pacinst.org/topics/
  Worldwatch Institute: http://www.worldwatch.org/
  Center for Science and Environment: http://www.cseindia.org/  
  Green Cross International: http://www.greencrossinternational.net/index.htm# 
   
  Pro-Privatization: 
  The Reason Public Policy Institute: http://www.reason.org/water/index.shtml , http://www.rppi.org/apr2003/navigatingthepolitics.html
  Privatization.Org: http://www.privatization.org/database/policyissues/water_local.html
  Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/research/nat-studies/water_policy.html , http://find.cato.org/search?q=water+privatization&site=cato_all&client=cato_all&restrict=Cato&lr=lang_en&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cato.org%2Ftemplates%2Fsearch%2Fcato.xslt&getfields=summary
  Environment Probe: http://www.environmentprobe.org/enviroprobe/evpub.htm#water
   
  Anti-Privatization: 
  Polaris Institute-Water Rights Project: http://www.polarisinstitute.org/polaris_project/water_lords/water_lords_index.html
  Center For Public Integrity:  http://www.icij.org/water/
  Friends of the Earth International: http://www.foei.org/publications/link/water/
  Public Citizen  http://www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/ , http://www.citizen.org/documents/privatizationfiascos.pdf , http://www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/articles.cfm?ID=10842 
  Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org/cac/water/
  Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org/water/default.asp
  Global  Resource Action  Center: http://www.gracelinks.org/water.html
  Public Services International Research Unit: http://www.psiru.org/
  WaterAid: http://www.wateraid.org.uk/
  Alternative World Water Forum: http://www.fame2005.org/ 
  Water Observatory: http://www.waterobservatory.org/
  Blue Planet Project: 
  The Water Barons Report: http://www.publicintegrity.org/water/
  Citizens Network on Essential Services: http://www.servicesforall.org/html/policy_toc.shtml#watercnes  
   
  Gender
  Gender and Water Alliance: http://www.genderandwater.org/page/669
  Women’s Human Rights Net: http://www.whrnet.org/docs/issue-water.html

Dams/Rivers  World Commission on Dams: http://www.dams.org/
  International Rivers Network: http://www.irn.org/
  Rivers Net: http://www.rivernet.org/
   
  Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database: 
   (All treaties, agreements, etc chronicled): http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/index.html
   
  International Organizations/Committees: 
  World Water Council: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/
  World Water Forum: http://www.worldwaterforum.org/home/home.asp
  Global Water Partnership: http://www.gwpforum.org/servlet/PSP
  Water & Sanitation Program: http://www.wsp.org/
  Water Supply and Sanitation Collaboration Council: http://www.wsscc.org 
   
  United Nations
  UN International Water for Life Decade: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/
  UN International Year of Freshwater: http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1456&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
  UN Freshwater Web Portal: http://freshwater.unep.net/
  UN Development Program: http://www.undp.org/water/index.html
  UN Environmental Program: http://www.unep.org/themes/freshwater/
  UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/water/
  UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/water/water.htm
  Millennium Development Goals: http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/tf_watersanitation.htm
   
    World Bank
  Water Supply and Sanitation: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTWSS/0,,menuPK:337308~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:337302,00.html
  Water Resources Management: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTWRM/0,,menuPK:337246~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:337240,00.html
  Other WB: http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/modules/environm/water/index.html 
   
  Europe
  European Union Water Framework Directive: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1375 
  http://www.watertime.net/
  http://www.oieau.fr/anglais/index.htm 
  Corporate Europe Observatory: http://www.corporateeurope.org/ 
  
  Regional Development Banks
  Council of Europe Development Bank: http://www.coebank.org/ 
  European Bank Reconstruction and Development: http://www.ebrd.com/ 
  Asian Development Bank: http://www.adb.org/Water/default.asp, http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Water/default.asp
  Inter-American Development Bank: http://www.iadb.org/topics/ws.cfm 
  African Development Bank: http://www.afdb.org/ 
  Development Bank of South Africa: http://www.dbsa.org/ 
  Islamic Development Bank: http://www.isdb.org/ 
  Caribbean Development Bank: http://www.caribank.org/ 
  North American Development Bank: http://www.nadbank.org/ 
   
  WTO & GATS: 
  http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/serv_e/gats_factfiction8_e.htm
   
  Water Market Research & Analysis: 
  Polaris Institute Corporate Watch: http://www.polarisinstitute.org/corp_profiles/water_news/water_news_index.html
  Global Water Intelligence: http://www.globalwaterintel.com/
  Global Water Awards: http://www.globalwaterawards.com/
  WaterWorld: http://ww.pennnet.com/home.cfm 
   
  Major Water Companies: 
  SUEZ: http://www.suez.com/, http://www.suez.com/metiers/english/environnement/index.php?f=0
  Veolia: http://www.veoliawater.com/
  RWE Thames Water: http://www.rwethameswater.com/TW/division/en_gb/content/Section_Homepages/Section_Homepage_000070.jsp?SECT=Section_Homepage_000070
   
  Power point presentation: 
  http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/html/eng/wpn01/index_files/v3_document.htm
   
  Class Website:
  http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/WATER/
   
  Children’s activities: http://www.watercan.com/kids/index.shtml 
  

 
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