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Analysis of Supreme Court – Water Related Cases from 1901 to 2010 and Policy Recomendations

admin8 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:14:37 +0000

For most of the world’s poor population, one of the greatest environmental threats to health remains the continued use of unsafe drinking water. While the percentage of the people served with improved water supplies increased from 79 percent in 1990 to 82 percent in 2000, 1.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water and 2.4 billion lack access to improved sanitation.

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Analysis of Supreme Court

Declaration of Commitments to Policy Actions on Water and Sanitation

admin8 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:47:48 +0000

Providing water for the poor remains a major challenge in the Philippines. Many local communities are still considered waterless, characterized by lack of quality and safe drinking water, as well as lack of sanitary toilets. The inadequacy in water results to further problems including poor health and sanitation including bad attack of water borne diseases.

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Water Resource Management

Declaration – National

Declaration Region II

Declaration – Region V

Declaration – Region IX

Declaration – Region X

Declaration – Region XIII

Module 1: Water Governance

admin8 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:35:07 +0000

It is as old as human civilization. Simply put, “governance” means: the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented). Governance can be used in several contexts such as corporate governance, international governance, national governance and local governance.

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Module 1: Water Governance