Better monitoring and law enforcement, coupled with private sector initiatives under pressure from civil society groups, have been credited for much of the decline. (news.mongabay.com)
Consumer awareness, private sector initiatives, governmental regulation and targeted investments are urgently needed to move towards sustainable water use. (scientificamerican.com)
The examples of purely public sector initiatives show some promise, but there are obvious flaws such as the bluntness of subsidy tools often leading to the value of subsidies being captured by the better off rather than the poor. (resilience.org)