News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 108
Obama’s Victory a Boon for Clear Air, Water Acts
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dic 19 (IPS) - With Barack Obama's re-election last month as U.S. president, key environmental protections escaped a likely Republican chopping block, and new regulations are expected when his second term begins in January.
Community Water Management Stuck in Legal Limbo*
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Dic 19 (IPS) - Community-based water supply systems, which serve thousands of rural communities in Mexico, are seeking official recognition under the new federal legal framework currently under development.
In Dominica, Diminished Rivers Among Climate Change's Effects
- Inter Press Service
ROSEAU, Dominica, Dic 18 (IPS) - Eighty-year-old Rupert Lawrence has been living in the Dominica capital, Roseau, for nearly 60 years. Like visitors to the island, he too is fascinated by the fact that the town square has a river running right through its centre.
Brazilian Firms Bring Water and Power to Angolans
- Inter Press Service
CAMBAMBE, Angola, Dic 10 (IPS) - The Kwanza river in the heart of Angola will be a symbol of Brazilian partnership in African development when power stations along the country's main source of water are fully operational.
Q&A: Making Toilets Fashionable
- Inter Press Service
Farming in the Sky in Singapore
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Dic 08 (IPS) - With a population of five million crammed on a landmass of just 715 square kilometres, the tiny republic of Singapore has been forced to expand upwards, building high-rise residential complexes to house the country's many inhabitants.
Landfill in Argentine Capital “Kills Slowly”
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 05 (IPS) - "This isn't like a tsunami, which appears all of a sudden, but a silent enemy that kills you slowly, as you breathe and drink the water," says Hugo Ozores, who lives in González Catán, a working-class district in Greater Buenos Aires.
Conflict Kills Culture in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Dic 05 (IPS) - Nestled in a valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range, Kashmir is an idyllic and culturally rich region, a cradle of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist religious relics and architectural sites.
Brazilian Communities Revitalise the São Francisco River
- Inter Press Service
JANUÁRIA, Brazil, Dic 04 (IPS) - José Geraldo Matos fondly recalls the massive traíras (Hoplias sp), carnivorous freshwater fish found in the lagoons and rivers of Brazil, that he used to catch in the Dos Cochos River just a few metres from his house.
Mining Saps a Thirsty Desert
- Inter Press Service
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, Nov 30 (IPS) - The Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the southern Gobi desert in Mongolia has become a symbol of a looming crisis: a limited water supply that could be exhausted within a decade, seriously threatening the lives and livelihoods of the local population.
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