News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 114
Expo 2012 Shadows Rio+20 on Sustainable Oceans
- Inter Press Service
When the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) takes place in Brazil next week, it will be closely shadowed by another event thousands of kilometres away in the South Korean coastal town of Yeosu: Expo 2012.
RIO+20: Canada, Last Holdout, Drops Opposition to Water as Human Right
- Inter Press Service
Canada, in a dramatic political turnaround, has signaled its willingness to recognise water and sanitation as a basic human right.
OP-ED: Korea Takes the Spotlight with Yeosu Expo
- Inter Press Service
The Yeosu Expo 2012 exemplifies how the Republic of Korea (ROK) has made its debut on the world stage.
Belo Monte Dam Hit by Friendly Fire
- Inter Press Service
Those who made the final decision on the design of Brazil’s Belo Monte hydroelectric dam will face legal action in the future for the damages caused. This is the kind of warning one would expect from environmentalists, but in this case it comes from a surprising quarter: staunch supporters of hydropower.
Jakarta Poaches on Farmland Waters
- Inter Press Service
The 18,000 litres of clean water that Jakarta consumes per second are expected to hit 26,000 litres by 2015. The solution? A 54-km stretch of toll road cut through prime paddy land to access the water resources of this salubrious hill district.
Jakarta Poaches on Farmland Waters
- Inter Press Service
The 18,000 litres of clean water that Jakarta consumes per second are expected to hit 26,000 litres by 2015. The solution? A 54-km stretch of toll road cut through prime paddy land to access the water resources of this salubrious hill district.
Caught Between Diarrhoea Bugs and Arsenic
- Inter Press Service
Caught between arsenic contaminated groundwater and diarrhoea-causing microbes in its ponds and rivers, achieving the millennium development goal of providing access to safe drinking water for its 160 million people by 2015 is a tough call for Bangladesh.
Colombian River Basin Passes the Test of El Niño and La Niña
- Inter Press Service
Patricia Gómez, an engineer, is leading a training workshop for a group of 11 men at the fire station in Neiva, the capital of the department of Huila in southwest Colombia.
Plastic Seas Altering Marine Ecology
- Inter Press Service
Plastic trash is altering the very ecology of the world's oceans. Insects called 'sea skaters', a relative of pond water striders, are now laying their eggs on the abundant fingernail-sized pieces of plastic floating in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean instead of relying on a passing seabird feather or bit of driftwood.
Water Conflicts Move Up on U.S. Security Agenda
- Inter Press Service
On Wednesday, the United States intelligence community unveiled a first-ever assessment of global water-security issues.
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