News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 101
Fresh Water “More Precious Than Gold” in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Bangladesh, May 22 (IPS) - Fahima Begum rises each morning at dawn and walks two kilometres to a small pond, the nearest source of fresh water. On her way she passes the rusty old hand-pumped tube well that used to supply water to her village in Bangladesh's arid Barind region until the water table here dropped out of reach.
Water Flows Again in the Valley
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, May 22 (IPS) - Staring out at his golden wheat field with satisfaction, 50-year old Alamgir Akbar says with a sigh of relief: "We've had a good crop this season."
U.S. Strategy on Water, Development a “Major Advance”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 22 (IPS) - U.S. officials Tuesday formally unveiled the government's first comprehensive strategy aimed at integrating water into all U.S. development funding and programmes, a step long urged by advocates and development experts.
Stressed Ecosystems Leaving Humanity High and Dry
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 21 (IPS) - Everyone knows water is life. Far too few understand the role of trees, plants and other living things in ensuring we have clean, fresh water.
Caribbean Farming Gets Its Roots Wet
- Inter Press Service
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 21 (IPS) - As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region's stagnating agricultural sector can be made more profitable.
Pioneering Italian Town Leads Europe in Waste Recycling
- Inter Press Service
CAPANNORI, Italy, May 17 (IPS) - Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the continent's first Zero Waste town.
Migratory "Flyways" Decimated by Human Expansion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (IPS) - Migratory birds, which play an important role in the complex web of life known as ecosystem services, are under threat as never before, with some species facing extinction within the next decade.
South Asia in Search of Coordinated Climate Policy
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, May 16 (IPS) - With a combined population of over 1.7 billion, which includes some of the world's poorest but also a sizeable middle class with a growing spending capacity, South Asia is a policymaker's nightmare.
Dengue Outbreak Highlights Poor Waste Management
- Inter Press Service
HONIARA, Solomon Islands, May 15 (IPS) - City and health authorities in the Solomon Islands, located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, are calling for effective and consistent urban waste management as they battle to control a serious outbreak of dengue fever, the world's fastest spreading vector-borne viral disease, which was identified in the country in February.
Sacrificing the Reef for Industrial Development
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, May 14 (IPS) - Mining and port development coupled with decreasing water quality along Australia's north-eastern coast are threatening the continent's World Heritage-listed tourist drawcard, the Great Barrier Reef.
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