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The Privatisation of Water Continued from page Bank-funded projects never regained their former http://nccnsw.org.au/member/wetlands/projects/ca incomes nor received any direct benefits from the mpaigns/nccass1.html. NV (The Netherlands); Vivendi Water (France). dams for which they were forced to sacrifice their 24, Extracted from Alberni Environmental 12. Corporate Europe Observer, "And Not ADrop homes and lands. Coalition On-Line Library, CUPE's Annual Report to Drink! World Water Forum promotes privatisa- 16. Monsanto has addressed this problem by creat- _ on Privatization, 1999, tion and deregulation of the world's water", issue 7, _ ing a new genetically engineered "Golden Rice" www.portaec.net/library/ocean/water/ www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/. containing beta-carotene (a source of vitamin A). profiting_from_water.html. 13. The World Bank's mission statement is "A Golden Rice is now being promoted as the solution 25. ibid. world free of poverty”. to vitamin A deficiency in the developing world. 26. ibid. 14. The Jerusalem Morning Post of 1 February 17. "Monsanto expanding monopolies from seed 27. See www.uswaternews.com/homepage.html. 2001 warned that Israel's current water crisis was to water", Corporate Watch, August 1999, the "worst in history". Water Commissioner www.corpwatch.org/trac/corner/worldnews. About the Author: Shimon Tal declared that, for the first time since 18. Barlow, Maude, "Water Is A Basic Human Susan Bryce is an Australian journalist and the establishment of the state, more water is Right — Or Is It?", Toronto Globe and Mail, author of more than 70 published research arti- expected to be supplied for domestic use this year Canada, 11 May 2000, cles. Susan publishes the Australian Freedom & than for agriculture due to plans to cut fresh water www.theglobeandmail.com/hubs/ national.html Survival Guide, which aims to undermine the quotas for farming by an average of 50 per cent. [also quoted in NEXUS 7/05 Global News]. pervading myths surrounding the corporate The issue of Water for Peace in the Middle East 19. For further details, see consumer culture, globalisation and the New was raised at the World Water Forum 2000. www.whirledbank.org/development/private.html. World Order. Mikhail Gorbachev (representing Green Cross), 20. Barlow, ibid. AF&SG encourages public debate and ques- Minister Mahadin of Jordan (in Jordan, the water 21. A Vision for Australia's Water Resources tioning of issues which are fundamental to our shortage is becoming permanent and water may 2025, Final Report, November 1999, prepared for future freedom and survival. These issues very well become a reason for conflicts), John the World Water Council by Integrated Resource include genetic engineering, food irradiation Frydman of Israel, and Ambassador Yousef Management Research Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia and related issues, Big Brother and the interna- Habbab of the Palestinian Authority deliberated (UNESCO Contract BL 21-05), tional surveillance regime, corporate power upon the issue of water and peace in the Middle www.catchment.com. and global governance, and self-sufficiency in East. 22. Council of Australian Governments the 21st century. 15. Since 1948, the World Bank has financed large © Communiqué, Hobart, 25 February 1994, AF&SG is available by subscription (6 issues dam projects which have forcibly displaced in the www.dist.gov.au/science/pmsec/14meet/inwater/ap per year, A$45.00, US$37.00, £25.00). Send order of 10 million people from their homes and p3form.html. cheque, payable to Susan Bryce, to: PO Box lands. The Bank's own 1994 "Resettlement and 23. National Competition Council, Second 66, Kenilworth, Qld 4574, Australia. For Development" review admits that the vast majority Tranche Assessment of Progress on Water Reform more details, visit Susan's website at of women, men and children evicted by World in NSW and Queensland, www.squirrel.com.au/~sbryce/. 82 = NEXUS APRIL —- MAY 2001 www.nexusmagazine.com