FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > Pacific Institute Announcement List - http://www.pacinst.org > > The Pacific Institute announces the posting of an on-line chronology of > water-related conflicts from 1500 AD to the present on its subsidiary > site, www.worldwater.org. Initially developed for the biennial water > report The World's Water (Island Press, Washington DC), we are now making > updated information regularly available on the World's Water website. > > To access the chronology directly, go to > http://www.worldwater.org/conflictIntro.htm. > > The chronology, which ultimately will be searchable, includes examples of > the use of water as a weapon or tool or war, the targeting of water > systems during war, and information on the growing numbers of violent > disputes over access to water, water quality, and inequities in the > availability and use of water. Full citations for each example are also > provided, for those wishing to conduct additional research. > > Wil Burns, Director of Communications/Research Associate > Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security > 654 13th St., Preservation Park > Oakland, CA 94612 USA > Phone: 510.251.1600 > Fax: 510.251.2203 > Pager: 510.288.6346 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pacinst.org/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
