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22 March 2012 is World Water Day.  World Water Day 2012 focuses on Water and Food Security.   In the preceding week the World Water Forum (12-17 March) and the Alternative Water Forum (14-17 March) are being held in Marseille.  Below is a range of related material focusing on the private sector dimension.  

- "Merck partners on Indian water initiative", Claire Harrison, CorpComms Magazine, 20 Mar 2012

- “Creek Watch iPhone App Goes Social”, Erick Burres, in IBM Research, 20 Mar 2012 [refers to IBM]

- "Bushmen Make a Splash on World Water Day”, Survival International, 20 Mar 2012 [refers to access to water on ancestral land previously designated for diamond mining]

- “Energy companies pledge to measure impacts of large dam projects”, Claire Provost, Guardian (UK), 19 Mar 2012 [refers to Électricité de France, GDF-Suez]

- “World Water Forum falls short on human rights, claims expert”, Claire Provost, Guardian (UK), 14 Mar 2012

- “Nestlé Chairman addresses World Water Forum as company launches water report”, Nestlé, 12 Mar 2012

- “A new model for sustainable water supply in the developing world”, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, in Guardian (UK), 7 Mar 2012 [refers to Grundfos]

- “How can we stop water becoming a fashion victim?”, Pamela Ravasio, Guardian (UK), 7 Mar 2012

- “Peru's Grand March for the Right to Water and Life Reaches Lima”, Ximena Warnaars, EarthRights International, 6 Mar 2012 [refers to impact of mining on water]

- [ES] “Conchuco marchará en respaldo a defensores del Condorhuain”, Aldo Elio Arnao Franco, Programa de Defensa de los Derechos Indígenas, 1 marzo 2012

- [FR] “Le Forum alternatif de l’eau dit 'non' à la privatisation”, Cléo Fatoorehchi, IPS, 15 mars 2012 [se réfère à Coca-Cola, GDF, Nestlé]

- [FR] "Les femmes Lambas gagnent la bataille de l’eau à Makwacha en République démocratique du Congo”, African Artists for Development, Afrik.com, 12 mars 2012 [se réfère à Suez Environnement]

- [FR] “Un 6e Forum mondial de l’eau, pour quoi faire ?”, Morgane Bertrand, Le Nouvel Observateur 12 mars 2012 [se réfère à Bouygues, SAUR, Suez Environnement, Veolia Environnement, Veolia Water]

- [FR] “Les entreprises se penchent depuis peu sur les enjeux liés à l'eau ”, Dominique Pialot, La Tribune, 12 mars 2012 [se réfère à Coca-Cola, Suez Environnement]

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Further materials are in the Access to water section of our site.