News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 126
ARGENTINA-PARAGUAY: Giant Dams Touted as Development
- Inter Press Service
The Yacyretá hydroelectric dam run by Argentina and Paraguay is fully operational, supplying the energy it was designed to provide when it was built 40 years ago. But critics complain about severe social and environmental impacts.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Wilderness Dams Galvanise Protesters
- Inter Press Service
Environmental approval for the construction of five hydroelectric dams in Chile's southern Patagonia region has triggered nationwide protests in Chile, giving rise to a citizen's movement whose focus has gone beyond the question of the dams.
Q&A: 'The Battle for Patagonia Has Just Begun' in Chile
- Inter Press Service
The HidroAysén hydroelectric project in Chile’s Patagonia region is causing 'a credibility crisis for institutionality and (President) Piñera,' environmentalist Sara Larraín told Tierramérica.
HEALTH: Water, Sanitation Could Erase Cholera and Guinea Worm
- Inter Press Service
The World Health Assembly could adopt landmark resolutions asking governments to improve water and sanitation to eradicate cholera and guinea worm, the latter of which exists in just four countries in Africa. While safe drinking water and toilets are the most cost-effective public health measures, they have not been a priority for most developing countries.
DEVELOPMENT: Chinese Step In, Efficiently
- Inter Press Service
For Jany Chen from Shanghai, concern often-raised in Europe and North America about the Chinese invasion of Africa is a lot of wasteful talk that deserves to be flushed down the toilet. Efficiently.
Seed Proteins May Help Plants Weather Drought
- Inter Press Service
British researchers are working on techniques to improve seeds chances of surviving drought by tapping the potential of little-known proteins that regulate water intake.
DEVELOPMENT: Women Demand Access to Water and Energy
- Inter Press Service
'Women in LDCs bear the brunt of economic and social hardships,' said Wubitu Hailu, managing director of an Ethiopian NGO, Kulich Youth Reproductive Health and Development Organisation. The failure to provide access to basic services like clean water and electricity is a major factor preventing women from realising their full potential.
NIGER: Caring for the River, Reaping the Benefits
- Inter Press Service
In anticipation of growing sorghum during the coming rainy season, Hamadou Abdou and his son are busy preparing the soil on the family's farm in Bougoum, a village in the west of Niger.
INDIA: Water Efficient Methods Revolutionise Sugarcane Growing
- Inter Press Service
When their sugarcane crops failed to deliver a good yield three years ago, Kantabai Chavan and her husband Baban decided to try a new strategy.
BOLIVIA: Dam Spells Hope and Fear for Small Jungle Town
- Inter Press Service
Arturo Sánchez, 72 years old and nearly blind, dreams of bringing ecotourism to Cachuela Esperanza, a Bolivian town of 1,336 people on the Beni river, and hopes the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam will give a boost to his dreams.
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