News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 134
PERU: Neighbouring Regions Clash Over Water Diversion
- Inter Press Service
With one death and several injured to show for it, two regions in southern Peru remain tangled in conflict over water from one of the country's main rivers. A project would divert some of the river's flow from the Cuzco region to neighbouring Arequipa.
Chile Measures Its 'Water Footprints'
- Inter Press Service
How many litres of water are needed to produce one kilogram of table grapes? The current effort to measure the 'water footprint' of this and other Chilean exports could give us some answers by year's end.
Okavango’s resurgent floods test disaster management
- Inter Press Service
Despite early warnings about higher-than-usual flooding of the Okavango Delta in 2010, homes, fields, latrines and boreholes in the delta were flooded.
Lesotho Could Beat Drought With Irrigation
- Inter Press Service
Bonang Charles's fields are a richly green rarity in October's parched landscapes along the Phutiatsana River. It's a vivid demonstration of the limited reach of irrigation to Lesotho's small-holder farmers.
JAMAICA: Invasive Lionfish Go From Predator to Prey
- Inter Press Service
Anxious to prevent the collapse of Jamaica's overexploited marine fisheries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is promoting the consumption of lionfish to control its burgeoning population. At risk officials say, are the nation's marine biodiversity, its food security and economic well- being.
Water, Sanitation Gain Traction as Basic Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
When the 47-member Human Rights Council (HRC) affirmed last week that the right to water and sanitation was a basic human right, the consensus resolution was described as a 'historic first' for the U.N.’s premier human rights body based in Geneva.
Paraguayan 'Jewel' Lake Loses Its Lustre
- Inter Press Service
Just two months before the austral summer season begins, Lake Ypacaraí, centrepiece of Paraguay's campaign to promote tourism, has become the centre of attention for its polluted waters.
WATER-ZAMBIA: Vanished Funds Mean Fields Stay Dry
- Inter Press Service
The M’cheleka Irrigation Scheme was meant to answer water and food security challenges in the Chadiza district of Zambia's Eastern Province. But ten years after the completion of the dam wall, only six families are benefiting from the water.
ARGENTINA-CHILE: Citizens Want a Voice in Andean Tunnel Plan
- Inter Press Service
Agua Negra Pass today is an unpaved road that connects Argentina and Chile at 4,800 metres above sea level. But it is only open in the southern hemisphere summer months -- December to March -- and then only to lightweight vehicles.
Engineering a Water Crisis in Rivers
- Inter Press Service
Failure to protect and invest in nature has left the world’s rivers in crisis, threatening the water supply of more than five billion people according to a new study. Pollution, dam building, agricultural runoff, conversion of wetlands, and water-works engineering have severely impacting global river systems, the first- ever health assessment of the planet’s riverine ecosystems reported in Nature last week.
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