Research Links
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Directions: Follow these links. If you can not access them at home, let me know and I will print them out. After you read through these links and complete your Country Profile, you will be ready to create your Position Papers. Cool?
Basically, there are 5 major reasons why people do not have access to clean drinking water (or enough water at all). Below are links to articles or documentaries. They should give you an idea of how big this
problem is. This will help you for your conference.
FOR EVERYONE! Read the following links
1.) Overuse - (The population is increasing, but earth can not produce more water.)
(ア) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvkzjt3b-dU
2.) Global Climate Change
(ア) http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
(イ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MY-i_kdwe0
(ウ) http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/rising-seas-and-the-groundwater-equation/
3.) Pollution
4.) Water Wars and International Conflict
(ア) http://www.worldwater.org/conflictchronology.pdf
(イ) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/world_water_crisis/default.stm
(ウ) http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/OFORIAA/
5.) Privatization of Water/ Bottled Water
(ア) http://www.globalissues.org/article/601/water-and-development
(イ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5Fon_EjGw&feature=related
(ウ) I forgot to show you this! Please watch these trailer! If you have time, watch the whole documentary.
① 1.) Tapped http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72MCumz5lq4
(ア) FULL Documentary - http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/52817/Tapped/
② 2.) The Story of Stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0&feature=related
③ Nestle’s Bottled Water - http://www.nestle.com/Brands/BottledWater/Pages/BottledWaterCatalogue.aspx
(エ) What is manufactured demand? How does it work with bottled water?
Also, you should check these sources out.
Each of these is country specific.
*.) FOR EVERYONE
Here is an excellent source of information for Biology, Ecology, ENO, etc.
Find your country’s Water Profile below
(イ) http://www.eoearth.org/results/all/?group=6515&searchnext=true&q=water%20profile&all=0&site=6515
1.)
(ア) Aquifer Depletion
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Aquifer_depletion
(イ) Top US Companies - http://www.forbes.com/2002/03/27/forbes500.html
(ウ) US Invasion of
(エ) Pre-Iraq Invasion and Post Iraq Invasion Infrastructure - Look at how the country was before and after the war. Note – What companies got contracts to rebuild the infrastructure? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_in_post-invasion_Iraq#cite_note-Bolton-10
(オ) Halliburton Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Q-89tAV34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRDBn3CcPSI
(カ) Rising Sea Levels
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/rising-seas-and-the-groundwater-equation/
(キ) An overview of anti-globalization arguments (which specifically focus on
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Water/Corp_Control_Water_VShiva.html
(ク) Bechtel Corporation’s Official Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVE_Stlrx18
(ケ) Bechtel Corporation (San Fransisco) vs. The Government of Bolivia and more on
(コ) The Cochobamba Water Wars of 2000 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5Fon_EjGw&feature=related
(サ)
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/21/why_is_the_united_states_cutting
(シ) How do the following companies, Bechtel, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi contribute to the problem of access to drinking water?
(ス) How does the World Bank work? Why does it want people to privatize their resources and state companies?
(セ) Why would a private corporation (like Nestle) or a state run corporation (such as China Water Affairs Overview) claims ownership of water? What will they do with it?
(ソ) What happens when people dispute a corporation’s claims?
(タ) What former important US Politician also was the Former CEO of Halliburton Corporation?
2.)
(ア) An overview of anti-globalization arguments (which specifically focus on
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Water/Corp_Control_Water_VShiva.html
(イ) Bechtel Corporation’s Official Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVE_Stlrx18
(ウ) The Cochobamba Water Wars of 2000 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5Fon_EjGw&feature=related
(エ) The
(オ) The Political Response to Privatization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIp_oeD1RuA&feature=related
(カ) Interview with Eva Morales – I will help you make sense of it all. Watch it first by yourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOdPP1ruHdk
(キ)
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/21/why_is_the_united_states_cutting
(ク) How do the following companies, Bechtel, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi contribute to the problem of access to drinking water?
(ケ) How does the World Bank work? Why does it want people to privatize their resources and state companies?
(コ) Why would a private corporation (like Nestle) or a state run corporation (such as China Water Affairs Overview) claims ownership of water? What will they do with it?
(サ) What happens when people dispute a corporation’s claims?
3.)
(ア) Overview of Water Politics in The Middle East – Find the conflict or conflicts your country is involved in - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_politics_in_the_Middle_East
(イ) Pre-Iraq Invasion and Post Iraq Invasion Infrastructure - Look at how the country was before and after the war. Note – What companies got contracts to rebuild the infrastructure? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_in_post-invasion_Iraq#cite_note-Bolton-10
(ウ) Halliburton Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Q-89tAV34
(エ) US Invasion of Iraq Lead to Water Crisis - http://notenoughgood.com/2011/05/iraq-water-crisis/
(オ) Angelina Joie in
(カ) Damming the Tigris and
(キ) Damming and Over irrigation - http://water.org/content/middle-east/iraq/page/2/
(ク) Negotiations between
(ケ) Massive Drought - http://www.unesco.org/en/iraq-office/natural-sciences-in-iraq/water-in-iraq/
(コ) What Agreements have already been made between the following countries:
(サ) What former important US Politician also was the CEO of Halliburton Corporation?
4.)
(ア) Overview of Water Politics in The Middle East – Find the conflict or conflicts your country is involved in - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_politics_in_the_Middle_East
(イ) Damming the Tigris and
(ウ) Irrigation in
(エ) Negotiations between
(オ) Damming and Over Irrigation - http://water.org/content/middle-east/iraq/page/2/
(カ) Syria-Turkey-Israel Agreement - http://www.is-peace.org/wnDispPage.asp?Item=481
(キ) What Agreements have already been made between the following countries:
5.)
(ア) Overview of Water Politics in The Middle East – Find the conflict or conflicts your country is involved in - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_politics_in_the_Middle_East
(イ) http://www.is-peace.org/wnDispPage.asp?Item=481
(ウ) http://www.eoearth.org/article/Aquifer_depletion
(エ) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/03/turkey-iraq-and-syria-tus_n_276406.html
(オ) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/288183.stm
(カ) What Agreements have already been made between the following countries:
6.)
(ア) Drought in
(イ)
(ウ) The Shrinking of
① http://earthshots.usgs.gov/LakeChad/LakeChad
② http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/04/0426_lakechadshrinks.html
(エ) World Bank Built a Polder in
① http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder
(オ) What is rain fed agriculture? How much of your agriculture is rain fed?
What is SCIP?
(カ) What is the Niger Basin Authority?
① What are polders? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder
7.)
(ア) The Shrinking of
(イ)
(ウ)
(エ) How Irrigation Helps
(オ)
(カ)
(キ) What is the Niger Basin Authority?
What is SCIP?
(ク) What is rain fed agriculture? How much of your agriculture is rain fed?
(ケ) What are polders? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder
(コ) What is SCIP?
8.)
(ア) PART I –
① http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty
③ http://www.eoearth.org/article/Aquifer_depletion
④ http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/showArticle3.cfm?article_id=18564&topicID=69
⑤ http://www.agriculturetimes.com.pk/news-eng-detail.php?id=59
(イ) PART II – Pollution and Unsustainable Practices
① http://www.all-about-india.com/Ganges-River-Pollution.html
② http://water.org/projects/india/
③ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/56673/indias-ground-water-table-dry.html
④ http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/rising-seas-and-the-groundwater-equation/
9.)
①
②
③ Rising Sea Levels http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bangladesh-in-dread-of-rising-sea-levels-687400.html
⑥ Why are two stroke engines? Do we have them in
⑦ How much of
10.)
(ア) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty
(ウ) http://www.eoearth.org/article/Aquifer_depletion
(エ) http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/showArticle3.cfm?article_id=18564&topicID=69
(オ) http://www.agriculturetimes.com.pk/news-eng-detail.php?id=59
11.)
(ア) Aquifer Depletion - http://www.eoearth.org/article/Aquifer_depletion
(イ) China Improving its’ Infrastructure http://asiatoday.com/pressrelease/announcement-regarding-investment-chinas-water-utility-operator-china-water-affairs
(ウ) Damming on the
(オ) For you to find out: What percentage of people in
(カ) For you to find out: Why has there been so much drought in
12.)
(ア) Overview of Water issues in
(イ)
(ウ) International Commission for Protection for the Protection of the
(エ) Nestle Commercial in Arabic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEEZrW-C84A
(オ) Forbes 500 Companies in
(カ) From Nestle’s Website - http://www.nestle.com/Brands/BottledWater/Pages/BottledWaterCSV.aspx
(キ) PS – You should watch the documentary “Tapped,” http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/52817/Tapped/
13.)
(ア) This is all about some Private Japanese Water Companies. You should check each company out after you read this link - http://www.globalwaterintel.com/archive/4/9/general/japan-flirting-with-psp.html
Japan's environmental situation - http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=870&catid=26&subcatid=162
(イ) Japan Helping China Improving its’ Infrastructure http://asiatoday.com/pressrelease/announcement-regarding-investment-chinas-water-utility-operator-china-water-affairs
14.)
(イ) UNICEF Overview for
(ウ) Damming on the
(エ) Dammin in
(キ) For you to find out: What is the Mekong Water Commission?
(ク) What percentage of Vietnamese people make their living doing “subsistence agriculture” or “fishing?” How many million people is that?
15.)
(ア)
(イ) Restoring the
Uzbekistan's Environmental Situation - http://countrystudies.us/uzbekistan/17.htm
16.) WORLDBANK
(ア) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty - India/Pakistan
(ウ) http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?Projectid=P000490&theSitePK=40941&piPK=64302789&pagePK=64330676&menuPK=64282137&Type=Implementation – Lake Chad –
(エ) http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/rising-seas-and-the-groundwater-equation/ - Depletion of Aquifers leads to Rising Sea Levels
(オ) Bechtel Corporation (San Fransisco) vs. The Government of Bolivia and more on
(カ) The Cochobamba Water Wars of 2000 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5Fon_EjGw&feature=related
j.) Why would a private corporation (like Nestle) or a state run corporation (such as China Water Affairs Overview) claims ownership of water? What will they do with it?
k.) What happens when people dispute a corporation’s claims?
While you do your research this weekend, you should be thinking!
Think...what would be some ways that we could fix these problems?
When you have an idea...think...how much will this solution cost.
Finally, ...think...who will pay for our solution and how will we make it happen.
Here is one idea. Check out this link. Would this help us fix the problem? Come up with some other concrete ideas that will help your country.
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