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Civil Engineering Department, University of British Columbia (UBC) www.civil.ubc.ca

Wageningen University  http://www.wur.nl/UK/

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The following are selected links to international organizations working on issues related to global food security, global phosphorus sustainability and global resource scarcity:

Links related to global food security:

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) www.fao.org
FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger, acting as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) www.ifpri.org
IFPRI seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. Its’ mission is to provide policy solutions that reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition

Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS) www.gecafs.org
GECAFS is an international, interdisciplinary research project focused on understanding the links between food security and global environmental change.

International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) www.fertilizer.org/ifa/
The International Fertilizer Industry Association represents the global fertilizer industry.

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Links related to phosphorus sustainability, recovery and geopolitics:

Centre Européen d’Etudes sur les Polyphosphates (CEEP) www.ceep-phosphates.org
CEEP is the joint research association of the European detergent and industrial polyphosphates industry, sponsors research into phosphates and the environment and into phosphate recycling, and publishes the SCOPE Newsletter.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)
http://www.eawag.ch/index_EN
Eawag is a Swiss-based and internationally linked aquatic research institute committed to an ecological, economical and socially responsible management of water.

Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) http://www.wsrw.org/index.php?cat=121&art=519
The WSRW is an international network of organisations and activists researching and campaigning the companies working for Moroccan interests in occupied Western Sahara

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Links related to global environmental and resource management:

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) www.unep.org
UNEPs mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations

The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) www.peakoil.net
ASPO is a network of scientists and others, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world's production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints

Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) www.siwi.org
SIWI is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s escalating water crisis. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues.

Worldwatch Institute www.worldwatch.org
The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization known around the world for its accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues. Worldwatch research is the gold-standard for sustainability analysis for decision makers in government, civil society, business, and academia

GTZ www.gtz.de/en
The GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.


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Key Resources

1. Stewart, W., L.Hammond, and S.J.V. Kauwenbergh, (2005), Phosphorus as a Natural Resource,in Phosphorus: Agriculture and the Environment, Agronomy MonographNo.46. American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, SoilScience Society of America: Madison. p. 3-21.
   
   

2. Pfeiffer, D.A.,(2006), Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture, Canada: NewSociety Publishers.
   
   

3. SIWI-IMWI (2004), Water - More Nutrition Per Drop, Towards Sustainable FoodProduction and Consumption Patterns in a Rapidly Changing World. StockholmInternational Water Institute, Stockholm.
   
   

4. Rosmarin, A.,(2004), The Precarious Geopolitics of Phosphorous Down to Earth(Science and Environment Fortnightly), (June 30, 2004): p. 27-31.
   
   

5. Jasinski, S.M.,(2006), Phosphate Rock, Statistics and Information. US GeologicalSurvey.
   
   

6. Corell, H. (2002), Letter dated 29 January 2002 from the Under-Secretary-General forLegal Affairs, the Legal Counsel, addressed to the President of the SecurityCouncil. United National Security Council, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs TheLegal Counsel.
   
   

7. The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara. (online), frontpage news. [cited; Available from: www.vest-sahara.no.
   
   

8. Cordell, D., Drangert, J-O. and White, S (in press), The Story of Phosphorus: Global food security and food for thought, Global Environmental Change Journal, in press.
   
   

9. Fresco, L.,(2003), Plant nutrients: What we know, guess and do not know. AssistantDirector-General, Agriculture Department Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations (FAO) IFA/FAO AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE, Rome.
   
   

10. EuropeanFertilizer Manufacturers Association, (2000), Phosphorus: Essential Elementfor Food Production. European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association(EFMA), Brussels.
    
    

11. Cordell (2006) UrineDiversion and Reuse in Australia: A homeless paradigm or sustainable solutionfor the future?, Masters Thesis, Department of Water and EnvironmentalStudies, Linköping University, Sweden. Available from: http://www.ep.liu.se/undergraduate/abstract.xsql?dbid=8310
    
    

12. Earth PolicyInstitute. (2005), Oil and Food: A Rising Security Challenge. [cited 2006 2nd November]; Availablefrom: http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2005/Update48.htm.
    
    

13. International Fertilizer Industry Association. (2006),Sustainable Development and the Fertilizer Industry [cited2006 25th June]; Available from: http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/sustainability/sustainability.asp
    
    

14. Driver, J., (1998), Phosphatesrecovery for recycling from sewage and animal waste.Phosphorus and Potassium, 216: p. 17-21.
    
    

15. Steen, I.,(1998), Phosphorus availability in the 21st Century: Mananagement of anon-renewable resource. Phosphorus and Potassium, 217: p. 25-31.
    
    

16. Wissa, A.E.Z.,(2003), Phosphogypsum Disposal and The Environment Ardaman & Associates, Inc., Florida, available:http://www.fipr.state.fl.us/pondwatercd/phosphogypsum_disposal.htm

17. IFA (2007), InternationalFertilizer Supply and Demand, International Fertilizer Industry Association,presented at Australian Fertilizer Industry Conference, August 2007.
    
    

18. Committee OnWater Implications Of Biofuels Production In The United States (2008), WaterImplications of Biofuels Production in the United States, Water ScienceAnd Technology Board, DivisionOn Earth And Life Studies, National Research Council Of The NationalAcademies, The National AcademiesPress, [Online] available: http://national-academies.org/morenews/20071010.html

19. WHO, (2006),Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater, Volume 4:Excreta and greywater use in agriculture. World Health Organisation.. Availablefrom: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/wastewater/gsuww/en/index.html

20. Esrey, S., etal., (2001), Closing the Loop: Ecological sanitation for food security. UNDP &SIDA, Mexico.
    
    

21. Drangert, J-O.(1998), Fighting the Urine Blindness to provide more sanitation options, Institute ofWater and Environmental Studies, Linköping University, Linköping
    
    

22. FAO, (2002), Feedingthe cities. Focus on the Issues, World Food Summit - five years later 10-13June 2002,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
    
    

23. Jönsson, H (2001), Urine separation - Swedish experiences, SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, EcoEng Newsletter 1, October 2001
    
    

24. Gumbo, B. andH.H.G. Savenije, (2001), Inventory of phosphorus fluxes and storage in anurban-shed: options for local nutrient recycling. Internet Dialogue onEcological Sanitation (15 Nov.-20 Dec. 2001), Delft.
    
    

25. Smil, V.,(2000), Phosphorus in the Environment: Natural Flows and Human InterferencesAnnualReview of Energy and the Environment, 25: p. 53-88.
    
    

26. Vinnerås, B.and Jönsson, H. (2002), The performance andpotential of faecal separation and urine diversion to recycle plant nutrientsin household wastewater, Department ofAgricultural Engineering, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, BioresourceTechnology, 84(3), p.276-282.
    
    

27. Mokwunye, U. (2004), West AfricaCh.5, Director, The United Nations University, Institute for Natural, Resourcesin Africa, Ghana in Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africaby 2020 Proceedings of an All-Africa Conference April 1-3,2004 Kampala, Uganda. [Online] available: http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/vi24.htm[accessed 25/5/05
    
    

28. SEI (2005), SustainablePathways to Attain the Millennium Development Goals - Assessing the Role ofWater, Energy and Sanitation, For the UN World Summit September2005
Stockholm Environment Institute (September 2005)
    
    

29. EcoSanRes(2008), ESR News: Toilet Users Get Paid Money, Society for Community Organization and Peoples Education (SCOPE). See www.scopetrichy.org/
    
    

30. Institute For Agriculture And Trade Policy (2004), Ten Ways to Fix Agricultural Trade, Geneva, September, 2004.
    
    

31. ASPO (webpage), The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, www.peakoil.net
    

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