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==Water Quality Topics Discussed== | ==Water Quality Topics Discussed== | ||
===The Need for Healthy Forests== | ===The Need for Healthy Forests=== | ||
Forests affect watershed quality. Cutting down forests removes a protective layer over the soil and increases rains errosive impacts. | Forests affect watershed quality. Cutting down forests removes a protective layer over the soil and increases rains errosive impacts. | ||
For more info see [File:Las Presas:Los Bosques: Fuente Fundamental De Vida]in spanish | For more info see [File:Las Presas:Los Bosques: Fuente Fundamental De Vida]in spanish | ||
==Desertification== | ===Desertification=== | ||
For more info see [File:La Amenaza De La Desertification] | For more info see [File:La Amenaza De La Desertification] | ||
==Food and Water for Everyone== | ===Food and Water for Everyone=== | ||
For more info see [File:Alimentos y Agua Para Todos] | For more info see [File:Alimentos y Agua Para Todos] | ||
==Impacts of Large Dams and Hydropower== | ===Impacts of Large Dams and Hydropower=== | ||
There are 667 dams in Mexico, which have altered or fragmented about 60% of the rivers in Mexico. 40- 60 million people have been displaced for these dams directly, and possible 60-100 million have been displaced indirectly. About 30 to 40% of the farms in Mexico are irrigated with the water from these dams and 19% of the electricity is generated. | There are 667 dams in Mexico, which have altered or fragmented about 60% of the rivers in Mexico. 40- 60 million people have been displaced for these dams directly, and possible 60-100 million have been displaced indirectly. About 30 to 40% of the farms in Mexico are irrigated with the water from these dams and 19% of the electricity is generated. | ||
Problems from Dams discused: | Problems from Dams discused: | ||
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For more info see [File:Las Presas: La Enfermedad del Gigantismo] in spanish | For more info see [File:Las Presas: La Enfermedad del Gigantismo] in spanish | ||
=Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability== | ===Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability=== | ||
For more info see [File:Mucha Agua o Muy Poca]in spanish | For more info see [File:Mucha Agua o Muy Poca]in spanish | ||
==Making the city of Oaxaca Suistainable== | ===Making the city of Oaxaca Suistainable=== | ||
For more info see [File:Hacer de Oaxaca una Ciudad Sustentable]in spanish | For more info see [File:Hacer de Oaxaca una Ciudad Sustentable]in spanish | ||
Revision as of 13:39, 3 September 2010
The Oaxaca Water Quality Forum (called Foro Oaxaqueño del Agua in spanish) is a meeting that brings together conserned members of the public, nonprofits, and government officials to discuss water quality issues and possible solutions in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Water Quality Topics Discussed
The Need for Healthy Forests
Forests affect watershed quality. Cutting down forests removes a protective layer over the soil and increases rains errosive impacts.
For more info see [File:Las Presas:Los Bosques: Fuente Fundamental De Vida]in spanish
Desertification
For more info see [File:La Amenaza De La Desertification]
Food and Water for Everyone
For more info see [File:Alimentos y Agua Para Todos]
Impacts of Large Dams and Hydropower
There are 667 dams in Mexico, which have altered or fragmented about 60% of the rivers in Mexico. 40- 60 million people have been displaced for these dams directly, and possible 60-100 million have been displaced indirectly. About 30 to 40% of the farms in Mexico are irrigated with the water from these dams and 19% of the electricity is generated. Problems from Dams discused:
- Those people displaced by a dam are often relocated to areas much higher up in areas of dense forest and sloped hillsides, where they need to cut the forest inorder to make forthemselves a new home and farm. Forest removal reduces the presipitacion and therefore reduces the current of the river, making the seasonal influx become permanent.
- The diversion of water from its normal course and naturally irrigated areas to arificially irrigated areas creates problems of saturation and salinity in the soil.
For more info see [File:Las Presas: La Enfermedad del Gigantismo] in spanish
Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability
For more info see [File:Mucha Agua o Muy Poca]in spanish
Making the city of Oaxaca Suistainable
For more info see [File:Hacer de Oaxaca una Ciudad Sustentable]in spanish