World Water Week - China, not that much…
Since yesterday, and as each year, the Worl Water Week is held in Stockholm from the 17th to the 23th. This 2008 WWW will scrutinise progress and prospects in the efforts to build a clean and healthy world. Special attention will be devoted this year to the sanitation challenge and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal target on sanitation. August 17 - Anders Berntell, Executiv Director at the Stockholm International Water Institute
In 2006 and for the first time, a chinese team (Wang Hao, Weng Jie and Xiao Yi from the Shanghai Nanyang Model High School) won the prestigious International Stockholm Junior Water Prize with an innovative river-cleaning project. Stockholm Junior Water Prize Winners 2006 - video
Given the tremendous efforts that China has conducted in water field those previous years for the Olympic Games, I would have expected a greater participation of stakeholders, especially for today (Tuesday) which was devoted to Asia.
This day, the project of the Lake Dongting biodiveristy restoration will evocated: “Livehoods benefits from the Lake dongting floodplain restoration project” (LIFEN Li, WWF China/WWF International). CAILING Hu (Oxford University) will compete for the best poster award with a poster subject on “the challenges of rural drinking water supply, related to pollution control at local level in China”.
On Wednesday, ZHANG Yue from the Ministry of Housing and Rural/Urban development in the PRC (with the ADB), will speech about the chinese case in reuse of wastewater: “New frontiers in Sanitation/Panel 2/The Experience in PRC: Can China be a Leader in this Area?” The same day, the “case study on biogas toilets and use of methane in China” (presented by Mr. Heinz-Peter Mang) will be part of the workshop on changing climatic conditions.
On Thursday, Mr. Bobby NG, Asstistant Director at the Water Supply Division for the Government of Hong Kong will talk about “Developing a ‘Total Water Management Plan’ for Hong Kong”. This speech will be part of the morning seminars on the “Global Dialogue on the Creation of Sustainable and Reliable Water Supplies”. At last, chinese stakeholders and others concerned countries as India, Pakistan, Nepal…will discuss on the issue of climatic changes and its impact on the Himalyan water resources at the seminar “The Himalayan Water Towers – Resources Under Threat?”.
The Junior Water Prize will be awarded this evening and the Stockholm Water prize on August 21.The Best Poster Award will be presented during the Closing Plenary Session on August 22.
World Water Week 2008 - Official link
World Water Week 2008 - 08/08/19,The China Post
Ouverture de la Semaine internationale de l’eau à Stockholm - 18/08/08, Actu Orange