News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 110
Farming in Bangladesh Stays Afloat – Literally
- Inter Press Service
BAIKANTAPUR, Bangladesh, Oct 04 (IPS) - With the rains over Gopalganj district intensifying each year and much of Baikantapur village permanently waterlogged, Bijoy Kumar Sen had little choice but to abandon traditional rice farming and grow vegetables on bairas – floating islands built of straw and aquatic plants.
Donors Must Seize 2013 Opportunity in Sahel, U.N. Urges
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 04 (IPS) - Reporting that the worst of the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa appears to have been averted, the United Nations’ top official on the area, David Gressley, warned on Wednesday that the potential passing of the immediate emergency should not divert international attention from what needs to be done in 2013, which he calls a critical year for building resilience in the region.
Climate Change Hits Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct 01 (IPS) - Climate activist Wanita Limpus, from the low-lying island nation of Kiribati in the Central Pacific Ocean, says the outcome of the Rio+20 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June was a serious letdown for small, developing island states.
Serbians Unite Against Nickel Extraction
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Sep 27 (IPS) - A popular Serbian proverb quips that when it comes to politics there are as many opinions as there are people in this central European country of seven million.
A Lake of Hope and Conflict
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Sep 22 (IPS) - Parvez Ahmad Dar climbs three hours to reach the hilltop, generator-equipped tourist centre in Ajaf village, 35 kilometres from Srinagar, to recharge his mobile phone.
Water for Phosphate, Not People
- Inter Press Service
GAFSA, Tunisia, Sep 22 (IPS) - Gafsa region in the south of Tunisia was once an oasis; today the phosphate industry has plunged it into a water crisis.
Floods Dampen Thai Adaptation Plans
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Sep 16 (IPS) - Thailand’s flood-management blueprint received a jolt when the dykes in Sukhothai were breached by the rain-swollen Yom river last week, submerging large stretches of the former royal capital.
Laissez-Faire Failing World's Dwindling Water Resources
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 13 (IPS) - Growing water shortages in many countries are a major threat to global security and development and should be a top priority at the U.N. Security Council, a panel of experts said in a new report.
OP-ED: Women and Girls at Heart of the Blue Revolution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 (IPS) - World Water Week recently concluded in Stockholm with a special emphasis on the linkages between water and food security.
Kenya’s Water Wars Kill Scores
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 11 (IPS) - Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how to conserve the valuable resource, the situation will escalate, governance experts and environmentalists warn.
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