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Water: A human right under threat

“Water: A human right under threat ” (October 2007), This special issue contains articles, analyses and reports about the water crisis, the unequal access to this resource and threats to water sources.

This issue focuses mainly in:

Unequal access
Defense of water
Commodification of this resource
Effects of mining on water scarcity
Building of hydroelectric dams: a step forward or backward?
Decentralizing or privatizing this resource?

With this special report we want to contribute to understand two concepts about water: Is it a common good, or a resource?

Please feel free to reproduce or use any of the material within this report. Please always cite the source and send us a copy of the reproduction.

Below you will find each of the individual articles from the report, or click on one of the following icons to download a copy of the report in either Microsoft Word or in pdf format.

Articles


	LATIN AMERICA / THE CARIBBEAN Unequal access Elsa Chanduví Jaña Poverty destined to continue in region with unequal access to water. see more		LATIN AMERICA / THE CARIBBEAN Water as private property Alejo Álvez Transnational companies tighten their grip on region’s water resources. see more


	LATIN AMERICA New ways to privatize water Latinamerica Press see more		COSTA RICA CAFTA threatens to turn water into merchandise María Flórez-Estrada Free trade agreement will make water distribution more unequal for country’s poorest communities. see more


	PERU Water more valuable than gold Milagros Salazar Mining companies and campesino communities face off for increasingly scarce resource. see more		BRAZIL Water-rich country at risk José Pedro Martins Population growth and contamination continue in the areas with the least water resources. see more


	BRAZIL River divides nation José Pedro Martins Project to transpose the waters of the São Francisco River faces strong resistance. see more		ARGENTINA / CHILE Dams spark resistance on both sides of the border Hernán Scandizzo Hydroelectric plants would damage natural water flows in pristine south. see more


	CENTRAL AMERICA / MEXICO People power against the Plan Puebla Panama Louisa Reynolds Communities vote down environmentally unfriendly water projects. see more		EL SALVADOR For a blue democracy María Lourdes Arce Nearly 130 civil organizations organize to make water a human right. see more


	LATIN AMERICA Water, an urgent issue Infography see more		Officials and alternatives web see more

Interviews


	LATIN AMERICA / THE CARIBBEAN “Water management is conflict management” Elsa Chanduví Jaña Interview with international consultant Axel C. Dourojeanni. see more