Water Ethics

PRESENTATION, by the Marcelino Botin Foundation. FOREWORD, by M. Ramon Llamas, Luis Martinez-Cortina & Aditi Mukherji KEYNOTE ADDRESS, by Ana Palacio I - SOME CULTURAL TRADITIONAL APPROACHES ON WATER ETHICS 1. Water and Wisdom as Embodied in the Works of Thales of Miletus, by Alejo J. Sison 2. Water and Conflict: Whose Ethics is to Prevail? by Dipak Gyawali 3. Water Management Ethics in the Framework of Environmental and General Ethics: The Case of Islamic Water Ethics, by Magdy Hefny II - SOME ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NEW WATER MANAGEMENT 4. Water Rights and Water Governance: A Cautionary Tale and the Case for Interdisciplinary Governance, by Charles Sampford 5. Ethics and Uncertainty in Integrated Water Resources Management with Special Reference to Transboundary Issues, by Janusz Kindler 6. Water and Ethics in Food Production and Provision - How to Ensure Water and Food Security and Equity into the 21st Century? by Karen G. Villholth III - WATER AS A HUMAN RIGHT AND AS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE 7. Water: A Human Right or an Economic Resource? by Luis Veiga da Cunha 8. Water as a Human Right and as an Economic Resource: An Example From Mexico, by Luis E. Marin, Ricardo Sandoval, Fanny Tagle, Eva Sanchez & Victor H. Martinez IV - WATER AND POVERTY: IS THERE A LINK? 9. Poverty and the Ethics of Water Development, by Caroline A. Sullivan 10. Monitoring Water Poverty: A Vision from Development Practitioners, by Alejandro Jimenez, Jorge Molinero, & Agusti Perez-Foguet 11. Water and the Twin Challenge of Feeding 3 Billion New People and Ending Rural Poverty, by Paul Polak & Stephanie Fry V - ETHICS OF GROUNDWATER USE 12. Specific Aspects of Groundwater Use in Water Ethics, by M. Ramon Llamas & Luis Martinez-Cortina 13. Economics, Ethics and Politics of Groundwater: Evidence from West Bengal, India, by Aditi Mukherji VI - ETHICS OF WATER OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 14. Achieving Ethical Business Conduct in Public and Private Water Enterprises - Troublesome Challenge or Enhanced Opportunity? by Reinier Lock & Kathy S. Shandling 15. Water Ethics and Business, by Jack Moss VII - CORRUPTION, TRANSPARENCY AND PARTICIPATION IN THE WATER SECTOR 16. Corruption and Transparency in the Water Sector, by Donal O'Leary 17. Public Participation to Promote Water Ethics and Transparency, by William J. Cosgrove VIII - ETHICAL ASPECTS OF UNFORESEEN AND EXTREME EVENTS MANAGEMENT: FLOODS AND DROUGHTS 18. Water Disasters and Ethics, by Janos J. Bogardi 19. Identifying Actions to Reduce Drought Impacts, by Enrique Cabrera & Jose Roldan PARTICIPANTS IN THE WORKSHOP