EcoSanRes: Liberal Democrats adopt motion on water and development
Good news for eco san. UK liberal democrat ( third largest party in UK parliament) adopt motion on water and development and also calls for adoption of eco friendly solutions.
26.03.2007 |Sascha Gabizon
The Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) have called on the UK Government to do more to help the billions of people without access to clean drinking water. A motion passed on 3 March 2007 in their Spring Conference included proposals to end the Government's policy of preferring water privatisation and largely ignoring public sector schemes.
The motion also calls on the Government to live up to its spending promises on water and demands that it focuses on the poorest people living in rural and peri-urban areas, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, the motion calls for the adoption of eco-friendly solutions involving human waste recycling and the protection and reinstating of ecosystems.
The motion was prepared by sector professional Dr. Brian Mathew, whose thesis "Ensuring sustained beneficial outcomes for water and sanitation programmes in the developing world was published by IRC.
