Uso y rehúso del agua en la UNAM

Sick Water?

THE CENTRAL ROLE OF WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The world is facing a global water quality crisis. Continuing population growth and urbanisation,rapid industralisation, and expanding and intensifying food production are all putting pressure on water resources and increasing the unregulated or illegal discharge of contaminated water within and beyond national borders.

Coastal Capital: Dominican Republic

Case studies on the economic value of coastal ecosystems in the Dominican Republic

JEFFREY WIELGUS, EMILY COOPER, RUBEN TORRES, and LAURETTA BURKE (World Resources Institute)

Coastal and marine ecosystems provide many valuable services to the people and economy of the Dominican Republic. At first glance, these benefits can be difficult to see. Reefs and mangroves help to build beaches and slow erosion, draw local and international tourists to the coast, and provide habitat for valuable recreational commercial fish. Unfortunately, these services are often overlooked in key development and policy decisions. As a result, coastal ecosystems are threatened by unsustainable coastal development, pollution, overfishing, and other local and global pressures.

Beyond Carbon: Biodiversity and Water Markets

It is widely acknowledged that well-functioning ecosystems provide reliable and clean flows of water, productive soils, healthy and balanced biota and many other services for human well-being. It is also widely documented that today many ecosystems and the services they provide are under threat. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the most comprehensive study of ecosystem services to date, concluded that more than 60% of the world’s ecosystems are being used in ways that are not sustainable.

Worth Every Penny:

A Primer on Conservation-Oriented Water Pricing

MAY 2010

This primer provides an overview of conservation–oriented water pricing.

It explains how it works, what the benefi ts are, and how water utilities can implement and transition to this system over time. The primer also offers advice on how to address some implementation challenges, including how to avoid negative effects on low-income families and how to maintain revenue stability for water utilities.