News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 131
Floodwaters Rising Across Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
As South Africa declares a national disaster due to flooding, other countries in the region hold their breath while water levels continue to rise.
Mozambique Prepares for Worst Floods in 10 Years
- Inter Press Service
Flood alert levels are on orange in parts of Mozambique as disaster management services mobilise to respond to flooding potentially as bad as the catastrophe in 2000.
SRI LANKA: Extreme Weather Changes Could Follow Floods
- Inter Press Service
Weather experts warned Sri Lankan to be prepared for extreme weather changes with hardly any notice following devastating floods here that have affected over one million people.
Rainfall Patterns Can't Be Ignored in Climate Change Debate
- Inter Press Service
In discussions of human activities that affect the climate, there is relatively little talk about alterations in rainfall patterns, despite the enormous implications that such changes have on human survival.
ZIMBABWE: Protecting the Zambezi's Kapenta Fish
- Inter Press Service
'The fish are disappearing.' The words and the world-weary gaze could belong to a fisherman from almost anywhere, as stocks come under pressure due to over-exploitation all over the world.
CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘Water Towers of Asia’ Show Cracks
- Inter Press Service
A concerted effort to formally document the magnitude and directions of climate trends in the Eastern Himalayas and thereby decide regional adaptation strategies is critical to ensure the region’s water security, according to water experts.
CAMBODIA: Chinese Dams Challenge Western Development Monopoly
- Inter Press Service
A steady rise of new dams in Cambodia is becoming a platform for the country’s prime minister to showcase where the Southeast Asian kingdom’s ties with China - a late arrival among Cambodia’s foreign aid and development partners - is headed.
Afghanistan Solutions Lead to Central Asian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
International efforts to replace poppy fields with food crops and improve living standards in impoverished northern Afghanistan seem undeniable progress in the conflict-ridden country. But some experts worry that these efforts will have unintended negative consequences for the nation’s neighbours, where water and energy resources are sparse and tensions run high.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Threats Churn in the San Juan River
- Inter Press Service
The San Juan River, centre of discord and diplomatic conflicts between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is seeing its riverbanks fill up with economic projects that scientists and environmentalists say will irreversibly alter its course.
PERU: Sacrificing the Rainforest on the Altar of Energy
- Inter Press Service
The construction of five hydroelectric dams in Peru as part of an energy deal with Brazil will do considerable damage to the environment, such as the destruction of nearly 1.5 million hectares of jungle over the next 20 years, according to an independent study.
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