Natural Resource Management

OECD and the UN: securing access to safe water and sanitation

03-Aug-2006

On 11 July 2006 the OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and UNSGAB's Acting Chair Uschi Eid, signed a Joint Statement which outlines the roles of the two bodies in their joint effort to encourage increased financing for the water sector and to assist national, regional and local efforts to build their capacity to manage water resources.

Social Issues in the Provision and Pricing of Water Services

04-Oct-2005

This book explores the interface between environmental and social elements of water pricing policies in OECD countries.

Harnessing Markets for Biodiversity: Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use

23-Jun-2003

This publication provides a conceptual framework for market creation in the biodiversity policy arena, as well as several examples of where the use of markets can assist policy makers and society at large in the search for more sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity.

Experiences with improving water management: OECD input to the Third World Water Forum (Japan, 16-23 March 2003)

18-Mar-2003

Water management experts will meet at the 3rd WWF to develop actions to address water challenges worldwide. OECD will participate, drawing on lessons learned through experience with water management, water pricing systems, financing water services infrastructure, and aid to support water objectives.

Improving Water Management: Recent OECD Experience

12-Mar-2003

This publication brings together the recent work of the OECD on water management issues. It identifies the main policy challenges addressed by that work for sustainable water management.

Environmental Performance Reviews: Water

04-Mar-2003

This book in part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme which conducts peer reviews of environmental conditions and progress in each member country. It examines the progress made in water management in OECD countries.