...holistic approach linking social and economic development with protection of natural ecosystems; « Water development and management should be based on...participatory approach involving users, planners and policy makers at all levels; « Women play a central part in providing, managing and safeguarding water;...

...1 : Dublin principles and associated concepts for water resources management Dublin Principles • Water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential...to sustain life, development and the environment, which should be managed in an integrated manner; • Water resources development and management should...

...the 1992 Dublin International Conference on Water and the Environment. According to this principle, "water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving user, planners, and policy makers at all levels... with decisions taken at the lowest appropriate level"...

...(Dublin) (1992) Five hundred participants endorsed four guiding principles in the Dublin Statement: 1. Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource,...environment. 2. Water development and management should be participatory, involving planners and policy makers at all levels. 3. Women play a central role in...

...before. A case in point is the Dublin Principles, which bear remembering: The Dublin Principles • fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment • water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving users,...

...resource management, leading to the widely accepted Dublin principles for managing water: • Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development, and the environment. • Water development and management should be participatory, involving users, planners, and policymakers...

...and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment, Principle No. 2 - Water development and management should be based...involving users, planners and policy-makers at all levels, Principle No. 3 - Women play a central part in the provision, management and safeguarding of water,...

...vulnerable resource that is essential to sustaining life, economic development, and the environment; • Water development and management should be based on...involving users, planners, and policymakers at all levels; • Women should have a central role in providing, managing, and safeguarding water; and • Water...

...in Dublin, Ireland. It adopted the famous 'Dublin Principles', which read as follows: 'Principle No. 1 - Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource,...to sustain life, development and the environment, Principle No. 2 - Water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving...

...Obligations", 25 Water. Int'l, at 194 (2000). Indeed, the second of the Dublin Principles emphasizes that water development and management should be based on...approach involving users, planners and policy-makers 118 . This participatory approach confers "empowerment" on the users and results in both rights and...