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5th World Water Forum (Istanbul 16-23 March, 2009): side events documents
At the 5th World Water Forum the four members of the Water Observatory did present their research and lead two additional side events on the Water Footprint and the Silent Revolution of Intensive Groundwater Use.
Side-event about WATER ETHICS
Summary: Presentation of the FMB book "Water And Ethics"
The Botin Foundation Water Observatory, together with UNESCO-IAH, hosted a side event on 20th March. The side event presented a FMB book published by Taylor and Francis on Water Ethics (Edited by M R Llamas, Luis Martinez Cortina and Aditi Mukherji).
The side event was convened by Professor Ramon Llamas (FMB and Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences). The side event consisted of a series of presentations from the authors of the chapters in this book, and which included: Alice Aureli (UNESCO--IAH); Janos Bogardi ( UN University); W. Cosgrove (Content Coordinator WWDR3); Magdy Hefni (Ambassador, Egypt); Luis Veiga da Cunha (Universidade Nova de Lisboa,); Donal O´Leary (Transparency International); Dipak Gyawali (Former Minister Water Resources, Nepal); Jack Moss (Aqua Fed); K. Villholth (GEUS); Aditi Mukherji (IWMI, Sri Lanka).
Contact Person: Ramon Llamas (
rllamas@geo.ucm.es) (Director, FMB-OBS)
PROGRAMME
Pdf 2. 
Introduction: social and environmental ethics. Ramon Llamas, Director, Marcelino Botin Water Observatory, (FMB-OBS) Complutense University, Madrid
Pdf 3. UNESCO and COMEST. Alice Aureli, UNESCO-International Hydrological Programme
Pdf 4. Public Participation for a National Water Strategy. William Cosgrove, Content Coordinator WWDR3, Former President World Water Council, current President Ecoconsult Inc.
Pdf 5. Water management ethics in the framework of environmental and general ethics: The case of Islamic water ethics. Magdy Hefni, Ambassador, Director of the Center of Research and Studies of Water Use ethics, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt.
Pdf 6. Water: A human right or an economic resource?. Luis Veiga da Cunha, Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Pdf 7. Water and Corruption: How we can Tackle it at the Country Level. Donal O´Leary, Sr. Advisor, Transparency International, Berlin, Germany.
Pdf 9. Water ethics and business. Jack Moss, Senior Water Advisor, Aqua Fed – The International Federation of Private Water Operators.
Pdf 10. Water and ethics in food production and provision—How to ensure water and food security and equity into the 21st century?. Karen G. Villholth, Senior Researcher, GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland), Department of Hydrology.
Pdf 11. Economics, ethics and politics of groundwater: Evidence from West Bengal, India. Aditi Mukherji, IWMI, Sri Lanka
Side-event on the WATER FOOTPRINT
Summary: Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade: Do These Concepts Promote Sustainable Use of Water Globally?
The FM Botin Water Observatory, together with the Technical University of Madrid (UPM, Spain) and the University of Twente, hosted a side event on 18thth March. The side event focused on The Water Footprint and Virtual Water trade: do these concepts promote the sustainable use of water globally?
The side event was convened by Dr Alberto Garrido (alberto.garrido@upm.es) (UPM) and Dr Maite Martinez Aldaya (Univ. Twente) (m. The side event consisted of a series of presentations by experts, followed by a panel discussion. The presentations will be made available at the CEIGRAM (UPM) website. Experts presenting were: M. Llamas (FMB Water Observatory); Arjen Y. Hoekstra (Univ. Twente); D. Zimmer (World Water Council); Maite M. Aldaya (Twente Water Centre); Teresa Elola (Liege University (Belgium); A. Sridhar, P. Novo and E. Lopez-Gunn (LSE , UPM and FMB); A. Garrido (UPM/ FMB Water Observatory).
Contact Person: Alberto Garrido (alberto.garrido@upm.es) (Deputy Director, Botin Foundation/ Associate Professor, Technical University of Madrid)
PROGRAMME
Pdf 12. Introduction: challenging the conventional paradigm of water scarcity through the water footprint. M.Ramón Llamas, Director, Water Observatory. Fundacion M. Botin - Complutense University (FMB-OBS).
Pdf 13. Globalisation of water. Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Scientific Director of Water Footprint Network, Twente Water Centre, University of Twente (Holland).
Pdf 15. Practical application: Guadiana river basin water footprint (Spain). Maite M. Aldaya, Twente Water Centre, University of Twente (Holland).
Pdf 16. The implementation of virtual water trade within the European water policy: a legal and political approach. Teresa Elola, Liege University (Belgium).
Pdf 17. Virtually meaningful or virtually meaningless? Boundaries to the water footprint. Aparna Sridhar, Paula Novo and Elena Lopez-Gunn, London School of Economics, (UK) Technical University of Madrid and FMB Water Observatory (Spain).
Pdf 18. Water footprint: policy implications for arid and semi-arid countries (Spain). Alberto Garrido, Technical University of Madrid and FMB Water Observatory (Spain).
Side-event on THE ROLE OF GROUNDWATER SILENT REVOLUTION
Summary: THE ROLE OF THE GROUNDWATER SILENT REVOLUTION: "MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP: Re-thinking global water scarcity and security"
The London School of Economics, together with the collaboration of IUCN (Katherine Cross) and the Botin Foundation Water Observatory hosted a side event on 20th March. The side event focused on THE ROLE OF THE GROUNDWATER SILENT REVOLUTION: “MORE CASH AND NATURE PER DROP: Re-thinking global water scarcity and security".
The side event was convened by Dr Elena Lopez-Gunn (E.lopez-gunn@lse.ac.uk) (Alcoa Research Fellow, LSE and Senior Research Fellow, Botin Foundation); Katherine Cross (IUCN) and Professor Ramon Llamas (FMB and Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences). The side event consisted of a series of presentations by experts on groundwater management, followed by a panel discussion. The presentations will be made available at the Botin Foundation Water Observatory website.
Contact Person: Elena Lopez-Gunn Elena Lopez-Gunn (E.lopez-gunn@lse.ac.uk) (Alcoa Research Fellow, LSE and Senior Research Fellow, Botin Foundation)
PROGRAMME
Pdf 19. Introduction: is groundwater a blessing or a curse?. Elena Lopez-Gunn, Water Observatory (FMB) and London School of Economics, UK.
Pdf 20. Groundwater silent revolution: the role of groundwater in changing paradigms in water and food scarcity. Ramón Llamas, Water Observatory Fundacion M. Botin - Complutense University (UCM), Madrid, Spain
Pdf 21. UNESCO´s work in transboundary aquifers. Alice Aureli, UNESCO-IAH, Paris, France
Pdf 22. Nonrenewable groundwater management. Michael E. Campana, Oregon State University and National Ground Water Association, USA
Pdf 23. Groundwater in the analysis of the water footprint. Maite M. Aldaya, Univ. of Twente, Holland and FMB Water Observatory
Pdf 24. Intensive Groundwater use: Silent revolution. Some comments and additional views. Peter Letitre, IGRAC, Holland.
Pdf 25. The role of Earth Observation and participatory GIS in groundwater management and monitoring. Alfonso Calera Belmonte, Regional Development Institute, Remote Sensing and GIS, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain.
Pdf 26. Groundwater management in Africa: the Pangani Basin Case study/Experience. Hamza Sadiki, Pangani Basin Water Officer, Pangani Basin Water Office, Tanzania.
Pdf 27. Groundwater management and the role of WUAs in northern China. Experiences from WRDMAP Project. Catherine Watts and Simon Howarth DFID/Mott MacDonald, UK.