Links

  

The Blue Planet Project is an international effort begun by The Council of Canadians to protect the
world's fresh water from the growing threats of trade and privatization.

     
  

Canadian Union of Public Employees

- Water Watch
- BC Water: Too much to risk

 

 

     

 

Local (Vancouver-based) organizations working on water:

Council of Canadians (BC/Yukon regional office located in Vancouver)
     

  CUPE BC (Canadian Union of Public Employees, BC Regional office)

Click here to get on the CUPE Water Watch listserve (to receive news about water struggles around the world)
    
  West Coast Environmental Law (Vancouver, BC) * Excellent information.
    
  Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
    
 

Ecojustice

BC Tap Water Alliance

Rivershed Society of BC

The BC government and water:
BC Drinking Water Review Panel Report (released in Feb. 2002)


Global water sites

The Water Observatory - a site "dedicated to providing information and resources to citizens, policy makers, the media, activist and movements working locally and globally on the right to water."

Global Water Resource Management
* offers a huge network of links to information on water issues of all kinds!

Water and Globalization

IMF and World Bank forced water privatizations

Water and Development
Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations

Protection of Rivers (International Rivers Network)

 

Good papers and articles

Security or Scarcity? : NAFTA, GATT and Canada's Freshwater

The New Economy of Water: a report Detailing Water Privatization's Benefits and Pitfalls (Feb. 2002)

Water and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

Water privatisation: IMF and World Bank at the forefront : Poverty Reduction by Water Companies?

IMF Forces African Countries to Privitise Water

 

 

Water Fights Worldwide

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