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Established in 1972 by William Cosgrove to serve clients seeking economic growth together with sustainability of the environment.
It may seem difficult for those unfamiliar with the Canadian scene to realise that
in 1972, the cost-benefit analyses used to justify construction of wastewater treatment
works could not demonstrate the value of such installations. The benefits, generally
attributed to clean lakes and rivers, were measured in terms of the added value
to the tourist and recreation industry. Only when government recognised the health
threats of certain pollutants and the value of enforced treatment did this begin
to change. Ecoconsult Inc. was created at this time as an organisation dedicated
to quantifying the benefits of sustainable economic development. While such approaches
are agreed in principle and included in many national and international declarations
of intent, to-day billions more people are living in unsustainable environments.
The Ecoconsult network of professionals is dedicated to contributing its knowledge
and expertise to seeking innovative ways to improve this situation.
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Having completed his mandate as President of the Bureau des audiences publiques sur l’environnement, in November 2007 William Cosgrove resumed his activities as a consultant and as President of Ecoconsult Inc.
From then until March 2009 Mr. Cosgrove acted as Content Coordinator for the 3rd edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World.
Ecoconsult Director Richard Connor acted as a facilitator for Part 1 of this report as well as contributing as author to several chapters. (http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/)
Ecoconsult Inc. acted as external reviewer for the publication IWRM Guidelines at River Basin Level (IRBM) released by the Network of Asian River Basin Organisations and UNESCO-IHP at the 5th World Water Forum.
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Associates of Ecoconsult Inc have experience individually and as a team that enables
them together to offer services related to sustainable water resources management,
with linkages between water and other global systems (including impacts of climate
variability and climate change) through:
- multi-disciplinary project management
- strategic analysis and development planning
- policy analysis, policy and institutional reform
- project financing, capital flows, trade agreements
- socioeconomic and environmental impact studies
- post evaluation of programs and projects
- development of indicators and monitoring systems
- visioning and scenario development
Dialogue on Effective Water Governance
Dialogue on Water and Climate
PC->CP:
From Potential Conflict to Co-operation Potential
(under UNESCO-WWAP)
3rd edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World.
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3rd edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World. World Water Assessment Program. Earthscan (London) and UNESCO (Paris) 2009. (http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/)
Public Participation to Promote Water Ethics and Tansparency in Water and Ethics, Edited by M. Ramón Llamas, Luis Martínez-Cortina & Aditi Mukherji. Taylor and Francis (London) 2009.
Water for Growth and Security in World Water Crisis: Myth or Reality? Edited by Peter P. Rogers, M. Ramón Llamas and Luis Martínez-Cortina. Taylor and Francis (London) 2005.
"Fulfilling the World Water Vision - Hydrosolidarity" in Water International, the
Journal of the International Water Resources Association, December 2003.
(Copies in PDF format can be ordered at the IWRA
website)
World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody's Business, World Water Council, 2000.
North America's Freshwater Resources: Emerging Trends and Issues, Commission for
Environmental Cooperation, 1999.
North American Transboundary Inland Water Management Report, Commission for Environmental
Cooperation, 1998.
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Under Reconstruction
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World Water Vision
Dialogue on Effective Water Governance
Dialogue on Water and Climate
World Water Council
3rd World Water Forum
4rd World Water Forum
5rd World Water Forum
World Water Assessment Program
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Richard F. Connor, MSc.
Director
C/O International Secretariat for the Dialogue on Water and Climate, Montreal (Quebec)
Canada
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