News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 142
U.S.: Water Crisis High on Policy Agenda, Clinton Says
- Inter Press Service
On a rainy morning here Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasised the centrality to U.S. foreign policy of addressing the world's water challenges.
DEVELOPMENT: Bad Water More Deadly Than War
- Inter Press Service
Bad water kills more people than wars or earthquakes, declares Anders Berntell, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
BIODIVERSITY: Lucrative Shark Trade Under Scrutiny
- Inter Press Service
As climate change transforms the acidity and oxygen levels of the world's waters with devastating effects for some marine species, others are facing an even more immediate threat from human consumption.
BIODIVERSITY: CITES Faces Political Storm over Tuna Ban
- Inter Press Service
The vast majority of the species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, live on land, but as marine species come under increasing pressure from unsustainable fishing and a range of climate change-related threats that focus is beginning to shift.
CLIMATE: The Thirsty Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
Caribbean countries are considering options like desalination plants and cloud seeding to confront a drought that threatens the regional economy and which experts warned about years ago.
ENVIRONMENT-LEBANON: Coastal Pollution Threatens Fisherfolk
- Inter Press Service
Pollution, oil spills and difficult living conditions are some of the challenges that fishermen in this eastern Mediterranean country face daily.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Preparing for Flood Season
- Inter Press Service
Southern Africa is entering flood season. Governments and policy makers have been challenged to adopt a more preventive approach to disaster management by the Red Cross - what measures are in place?
ENVIRONMENT-LATIN AMERICA: Glass Half Empty
- Inter Press Service
The countries of Latin America have made progress in terms of access to clean water and sanitation, but have failed to curb greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, says a new United Nations report.
BIODIVERSITY: Companies Push Hard to Halt Tuna Collapse
- Inter Press Service
In the Seychelles' only cannery, the din of thousands of empty tuna cans rattling on narrow metal troughs is incredible as they bustle along, soon to be filled with Skipjack tuna that only days ago were swimming freely in the inky blue Indian Ocean.
Q&A: ''There's a Limit to Fish Harvesting''
- Inter Press Service
The perilous state of the world’s fish stocks has received less media attention than the more visible, palpable environmental problems like air pollution. Isabella Lövin is seeking to redress that balance. Her 2007 book ‘Tyst hav’ (Silent Seas) hit the best-seller list in her native Sweden, garnering her three awards, including the title of 'Journalist of the Year'.
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