http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:35:12 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ThemeA Draft Recommendation as of 20 Sep.]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200710/000243.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200710/000243.php Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:35:12 +0000 Dr. Wasan Jompakdee, Vice Dean of Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Engineering believes that IWRM is about the overall management of rivers, lakes, groundwater, and river basins.]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000231.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000231.php Good & Bad Practices Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:28:10 +0000 ThemeA Draft Recommendation as of 30 Aug]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000224.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000224.php Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:48:38 +0000 Dr. Apichart Anukularmphai organized the multi-stakeholder dialogues and workshops that brought IWRM-related issues and recommendations to the Government's attention. He also initiated the changes in Thailand's river basin committees (RBCs) to enable them to adapt to IWRM practices, and built their capacity for IWRM implementation. For Dr. Anukularmphai, IWRM is a process. There are no one-size-fits-all blueprints and short cuts to implementing it. To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/anukularmphai.asp ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000210.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000210.php Good & Bad Practices Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:59:56 +0000 Two of the critical water issues Viet Nam currently faces are ensuring sustainable development of water resources, and conveying legal access rights to the people. Under Dr. Nguyen Thai Lai's leadership and in consultation with key stakeholders, the Department of Water Resources Management has recently designed a water licensing approach that aims to resolve both. To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/lai.asp]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000208.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200709/000208.php Good & Bad Practices Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:48:50 +0000 The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) may be the Philippines' only functioning chartered basin organization but it has already made considerable contributions to improving water rights in the country. As Assistant General Manager of LLDA, Ms. Nepomuceno introduces innovative approaches and market-based instruments for managing water resources, addressing conflicts, and conveying water rights. To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/nepomuceno.asp ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200708/000198.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200708/000198.php Good & Bad Practices Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:31:09 +0000 According to Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project Director Shaoxia Cheng, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) gives high priority to wetland biodiversity conservation, watershed protection and sustainable management of natural resources. ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200708/000191.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200708/000191.php Good & Bad Practices Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:11:43 +0000 People's commitment is a big concern in providing safe and accessible water supply and sanitation (WSS) in India. For Biodiversity Conservation (India) Limited (BCIL) Alternate Technology Foundation Head Chandrashekar Harihara, people need to understand the value of water, importance of hygiene, steps for installing simple water treatment systems that they can maintain, and the strength of a community. Can his message of localized or federalized solutions help save the drawing of freshwater? To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/harihan.asp ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000182.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000182.php Good & Bad Practices Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:00:17 +0000 For a regulator to do his job well, Subic Bay Water Regulatory Board (SBWRB) Chair Antonio de Vera advises regulators to do what they think is right. Balancing conflicting interests within a political climate is not easy but must be made. It is also important to keep abreast of new developments in the sector since it is hard to regulate someone who is more knowledgeable than the regulator. To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/devera.asp]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000180.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000180.php Good & Bad Practices Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:13:56 +0000 For Dams expert Ramaswamy Iyer, big dams are major interventions in nature and should therefore be projects of the last resort. Proper caution and care should be applied in building dams. The approach is to apply the criteria of `least environmental impact' and `minimum displacement,’ inform and involve the people likely to be affected, and put the project through the most stringent scrutiny. To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/iyer.asp ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000178.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000178.php Good & Bad Practices Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:38:53 +0000 Flooding in Bangladesh is the result of a complex series of factors—from huge inflow of water from upstream catchment areas coinciding with heavy monsoon rainfall to congested drainage channels, or from major rivers converging inside Bangladesh to tides and storm surges in coastal areas. ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000177.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200707/000177.php Good & Bad Practices Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:16:08 +0000 Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Social Development Specialist Salma Sadikha believes that the pro-poor initiative of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has opened the eyes of the utility to the fact that the urban poor population can be connected to the system, can contribute to capital costs through connection fees, and can help minimize losses—all that's needed is to make water affordable to them. To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/sadikha.asp ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000174.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000174.php Good & Bad Practices Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:49:57 +0000 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) urged countries to use the next 15 years to cut by half the number of people without clean water and basic sanitation services. Six years down the line, some countries just aren't getting there. And worse, water problems of all kinds are escalating—from shortages to pollution to wetlands degradation and more.]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000173.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000173.php Good & Bad Practices Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:27:56 +0000 The Philippines' water sector apex body, the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), is among the more advanced in Asia. But NWRB Executive Director Ramon Alikpala is first to admit that the going will get tougher as NWRB strives to implement controversial reforms to improve water management in the country. Will NWRB be up to the task? To read the full text please visit http://adb.org/Water/Champions/alikpala.asp ]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000171.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000171.php Good & Bad Practices Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:46:02 +0000 Pakistani journalist, essayist, researcher and editor Irfan Shahzad is breaking the media silence over water issues and bringing headlines that reach beyond the current controversy to cover the back-seat issues deeply affecting the readers]]> http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000164.php http://www.apwf2.org/weblog/financing/archives/200706/000164.php Good & Bad Practices Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:46:26 +0000