Executive Summary

Name of the organization: the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Aim: This is an international organization that aims to find solutions to most pressing development and environment issues (The International Union for Conservation of Nature 2009, p1). Its vision is to promote a community that conserves and values nature. Its contribution to water management is that, every community should understand that water is a human right to life, food, and health. The organization strongly supports the Wonthaggi Desalination Plant (WDP) that promotes a good climate for the source of water. The organization supports other measures of increasing water, waste water recycling, and conservation (Cassar, Scanlon, & Nemes 2004, p1).

Moral Issues: The scarcity of water in the world causes many deaths. The main pressure has been that the world population has increased tremendously and this has increased the water use. The changes have enhanced a great environmental cost in that a large number of the population has struggled to access water.

Moral Ethical Theories: Based on utilitarianism theory, the organization establishes that water should be a human right since human beings cannot survive without water. If the community or a nation recognizes that water is a human right, many would work hard to enhance a safe water supply.

Recommendations and conclusion: The organization has interests of improving sustainable development for water issues. It supports the fact that water is an essential good that human beings cannot survive without. The citizen and community should be held accountable by taking care of water they have and in turn, this would promote a community that understands that water is a human right to life, food, and health. The access to safe water can diminish water related infections and problems. The government has a role to play to ensure that their people have an adequate supply of fresh water. This paper focuses not only on the importance of water, but also questions the need to recognize it as a human right.

Bibliography

Cassar Angela, Scanlon John, & Nemes Noemi, “Water as a Human right”, 2004, date of access: April 24 of 2013, http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/EPLP-051.pdf

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, “World Conservation Union (IUCN)”, 2009, date of access April 24 of 2013, http://www.eoearth.org/article/World_Conservation_Union_(IUCN)