The International Conference on Sustainable Sanitation "Water and Food Security for Latin America" was organized by Ecosanlac and the Federal University of Ceará with support of the IWA specialist group. It took place from 26-29 November 2007 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil and became a very successful event and exceeded the expectations of the organizers.

During four days, more than 200 local and international participants had the chance to hear and learn in three languages about the existing experiences in ecological sanitation in Latin America and other parts of the world. The conference furthermore offered a poster exhibition, stands with information material on ecosan and demonstration models of urine diversion toilets. It is intended to organize every two years a similar event on sustainable sanitation in different countries of Latin America.

List of presentations: 1) Saneamiento Sustentable – Perspectivas presentes y futuras - Sustainable Sanitation – present and future perspectives Gatze Lettinga, WUR, Holanda. (english) 2) Cerrando el ciclo para alcanzar los MDM - Closing the loop for attaining the MDGs Ron Sawyer, SARAR, México. (spanish) 3) La Casa Ecológica - Eco home for sustainable water management: a case study in Kathmandu, Nepal Roshan Raj Shrestha, UN HABITAT, Nepal. (english) 4) Saneamiento Sustentable y la importancia del desarrollo de capacidades - Sustainable Sanitation and the importance of Capacity Development Madeleine Fogde, SEI, Suecia. (english) 5) Actual política de Saneamiento & programas en Brasil – Current sanitation policy & programmes in Brazil Ricardo Bernardes, Brasil. (portuguese) 6) Tratamiento y Reuso (agua residual domestica) Prosab Rede 2 - Treatment and reuse (domestic wastewater) Prosab Rede 2 Lourdinha Florêncio, UFPE, Brasil.(spanish) 7) Conservación de Agua y Energía -Prosab Rede 5 - Water and Energy conservation -Prosab Rede 5 Ricardo Franci, UFES Brasil. (english) 8) ECOSAN en Brasil y Perú: Experiencias y puntos de vistas de una Compañía - ECOSAN in Brazil and Peru: Experiences and point of view from private sanitation company Christoph Platzer, Rotaria do Brasil (portuguese) 9) Heces y Orina - Urine & faeces Håkan Jonsson, SEI, Suecia. (english) 10) Aguas grises - Greywater Holger Gulyas, TUHH, Alemania. (english) 11) Implementación de sanitarios secos en África - Implementation of dry toilets in Africa Francisca Muluana, Mozambique. (english) 12) Aspectos de Salud de Ecosan y WHO lineamientos - Health aspects of Ecosan and the WHO guidelines Caroline Schönning, WHO, Suecia. (english) 13) Agua y Seguridad Alimentaria: las contribuciones de la Permacultura - Food and water security: the contributions of permaculture Sérgio Pamplona, ArquiNatura, Brasil. (portuguese) 14) La perspectiva de la escasez de fósforo - The perspective of phosphorus scarcity Jan-Olof Drangert, Linköping University, Suecia. (english) 15) Uso de Orina en la Agricultura - Use of urine in agriculture Eduardo Cohim, UFBA, Brasil. (portuguese) 16) Saneamiento Sustentable – Compostaje - Sustainable sanitation – Composting Jenny Aragundi Ochoa, Ecosanlac, Ecuador (spanish) 17) Agua y Seguridad Alimentaria: las contribuciones de la Permacultura - Food and water security: the contributions of permaculture Sérgio Pamplona, ArquiNatura, Brasil. (portuguese) 18) La perspectiva de la escasez de fósforo - The perspective of phosphorus scarcity Jan-Olof Drangert, Linköping University, Suecia. (english) 20) Uso de Orina en la Agricultura - Use of urine in agriculture Eduardo Cohim, UFBA, Brasil. (portuguese) 21) Saneamiento Sustentable – Compostaje - Sustainable sanitation – Composting Jenny Aragundi Ochoa, Ecosanlac, Ecuador (spanish) 22) Saneamiento Sustentable – wetlands (pantanos Artificiales) - Sustainable sanitation – Constructed wetlands Roshan Raj Shrestha, UN HABITAT, Nepal. (english) 23) Ecosan – ejemplos de aplicación en todo el mundo Sören Rüd, GTZ, Alemania. (english) 24) Worldwide sustainable sanitation experience - lessons learnt from ISSUE program Jeroen Ijgosse, WASTE, Holanda. (english) 25) Research on source-control sanitation Holger Gulyas, TUHH, Alemania. (english) 26) Programa de desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico Filomena Kotaka, FUNASA, Brasil. (portuguese) 27) Towards optimal DESAR3 Gatze Lettinga, WUR, Holanda. (english)

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Various Authors (2007). Water and Food Security for Latin America International Conference in Fortaleza, Brazil Conference materials

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