'Sanitation NOW 2008 is a magazine on the global sanitation crisis, published by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the EcoSanRes Programme. This is a special edition for 2008 UN International Year of Sanitation.'
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'The Garbage Book presents the solid waste crisis in Metro Manila. It is aimed at raising awareness of issues in the sector, and outlines potential solutions to address the problem.
This book won the Bronze Anvil Award, the overall public relations tools award given by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines during its 40th Anvil Awards in 2005.'
Source: ADB
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New buildings are being constructed without water fountains, and existing buildings are decommissioning older fountains.
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We are spending fortunes on bottled water that may not even be any better than tap water.
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'Participatory monitoring is a powerful tool to prevent and solve conflicts. This advisory note on water monitoring provides hands-on guidance for implementing successful participatory monitoring programs. The report provides examples of practical models to achieve participation in different environmental, financial and governance contexts.'
Source: Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman
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'The Karnataka Watershed Development Project (KWDP), known locally as Sujala, was initiated in the year 2001 and is being implemented in seven districts of Karnataka. The project is scheduled to end on March 31, 2009. The project covers 516,000 hectares of land spread over 77 sub-watersheds, 1270 villages benefiting nearly 400,000 households. The project objective is to improve the productive potential of selected watersheds and their associated natural resource base It is also to strengthen com more...
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'The report begins with definitions of watersheds and watershed management, a characterization of the problem of watershed degradation, and a short history of watershed management operations and policies (Chapter 1). The following four chapters discuss the findings from experience with implementing watershed management programs over the last 20 years based both on the project review and on the literature. The second chapter discusses the findings on watershed management approaches and methodolog more...
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