News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 124
Bolivian President Denounces Water Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
'Water is life. Water is humanity. How could it be part of the private business?' asked Bolivian President Evo Morales Wednesday, stressing the social and economic consequences of the growing trend of private ownership over water supply and delivery systems in many parts of the world.
LATIN AMERICA: Social Front Against Water Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations in Latin America have begun to coordinate joint actions in the region to curb what they see as a tendency towards privatisation, while protesting what they call a range of 'subtle' ways of undermining public control of water.
Right to Water Still a Political Mirage
- Inter Press Service
When the international community commemorates the first anniversary of a historic General Assembly resolution recognising the right to water and sanitation as a basic human right, there will be no joyous celebrations in the corridors of the United Nations, come Jul. 28.
Europe Headed for Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Future glacier retreat in the Alps could affect the hydrology of large streams more strongly than previously assumed, a new study shows. Water shortages in summer could become more frequent.
Security Council Won't Take Stand on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations Security Council failed to reach agreement on a non-binding statement Wednesday aseerting that climate change should be recognised as an international peace and security issue.
Growing Water Deficit Threatening Grain Harvests
- Inter Press Service
Many countries are facing dangerous water shortages. As world demand for food has soared, millions of farmers have drilled too many irrigation wells in efforts to expand their harvests. As a result, water tables are falling and wells are going dry in some 20 countries containing half the world's people.
Ailing Tuna Fisheries Hit Hard by Poachers
- Inter Press Service
Miles away from the briny business of tuna harvesting, delegates from around the world gathered in San Diego, California for three days in mid-July to discuss the future of the fishing industry.
Q&A: 'Urgent CO2 Cuts Critical to Save Our Oceans'
- Inter Press Service
The health of the world's oceans is much worse than is widely believed, but it is not too late to change tack and help this critical ecosystem recover, at least in part, experts say.
ENERGY-BRAZIL: Small Dams, Big Problems
- Inter Press Service
Several rivers in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso are likely to become chains of artificial reservoirs feeding small hydroelectric plants (SHP), sometimes with larger power stations in between.
DR CONGO: Water Shortages Grip the Capital
- Inter Press Service
In recent months, no one in the Congolese capital has been spared the effects of water shortages. Where spending entire days criss-crossing Kinshasa in search of water with battered containers in hand was previously the unhappy task of women and children, now men in suits have joined the fray.
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