Global IssuesJamaica: Hazard Mitigation Funds to Rescue Tourist Mecca
Thursday, December 29, 2011
In the latest efforts to mitigate the hazards associated with climate change, the Jamaican authorities are turning their attention to Negril, where decades of unplanned development is destroying the local ecosystem and eroding the famous beach.
Mauritius: Thirsty for Ideas to Address Water Woes
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Mauritius plans to privatise its water sector, as rains become rare, and century-old pipes continue to leak almost 50 percent of the water available, added to waste by the population, mismanagement and over-consumption.
Peru: No Time Left to Adapt to Melting Glaciers
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The water supplied by the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca, vital to a huge region of northwest Peru, is decreasing 20 years sooner than expected, according to a new study.
Swaziland: Processing Plant Threatens Water in Capital
Monday, December 26, 2011
A multi-million dollar iron-ore reprocessing plant in the northern part of Swaziland, owned by Indian mining company Salgaocar, is threatening the water security of local communities and even the country’s capital city, Mbabane.
Sri Lanka: Tsunami Demons Haunt the Coast
Friday, December 23, 2011
Seven years after monster waves crashed into homes, hotels and vehicles on Sri Lanka’s coast, people in this island nation continue to be haunted by demons from the sea.
Argentina: Water - Some Waste It, Some Want It
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
In Argentina, the availability of water far outstrips demand, yet 11 percent of the population still lacks piped water, while a large proportion of the rest squanders it without a second thought.
Mideast: Life Without Water a Growing Threat
Thursday, December 08, 2011
'Taking our water is not like taking a toy. Water is life, they cannot play with our lives like this,' says Maher Najjar, deputy general director of the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) of the recent Israeli threat to cut electricity, water and infrastructure services to the occupied Gaza Strip.
Haiti: Waiting Five Years for a Drop of Water — Part 2
Friday, November 25, 2011
Despite, or perhaps because of, a host of international actors, 2.5 million U.S. dollars in funding and five years of empty promises, residents of some of Port-au-Prince's poorest neighbourhoods have yet to see running water in their vicinity.
Haiti: Waiting Five Years for a Drop of Water — PART 1
Friday, November 25, 2011
2.5 million U.S. dollars to supply water to several marginal neighbourhoods in the capital. Approved in 2006. Five years later the water has yet to run. Children are still in the streets bearing bottles and buckets.
Belo Monte Dam And Hunters Endanger Amazon Turtles
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Luiz Cardoso da Costa was horrified as he watched the Amazonian manatee, a large docile beast, bleeding out from the knife wound he had dealt it, yet greedily gulping down grasses as if eating could somehow stave off death.
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