Global Issues
News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 28
Salmon Farming, Questioned in Chile, Arrives to Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 10 (IPS) - Questioned for its environmental and health impacts in Chile, where it is one of the country's main economic activities, salmon farming is preparing to expand in Argentina from Norway, the world's largest farmed salmon producer. The news has triggered a strong reaction from civil society organisations.
Four-Year Drought Forces Cuba to Find Ways to Build Resilience
- Inter Press Service
Eastern Cuba has suffered drought since time immemorial. But the western and central regions of the island used to be almost free of the phenomenon, until the latest drought that plagued this country between 2014 and 2017.
Why India’s Solar Water-Drawing ATMs and Irrigation Pumping Systems offer Replicable Strategies
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, Aug 28 (IPS) - At New Delhi's Savda Ghevra slum settlement, waterborne diseases have become less frequent thanks to solar-powered water ATMs that were installed here as a social enterprise venture three years ago.
How Safe Drinking Water in Rural Vanuatu Will Save Women Time While Aiding in Economic Development
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 27 (IPS) - Access to safe water for drinking and an adequate supply of water for other purposes is challenging in the rural areas of Vanuatu. A new project, that uses solar water pumping technology, will save time and energy for rural women whose task it is to collect and make water more accessible to their communities.
Making the Case for Investing in Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Aug 27 (IPS) - Ruth Romer is Private Sector Advisor, WaterAid UK.
Tea picker Bina, 45 from Sylhet, Bangladesh, used to walk for an hour each day to collect water from a well, also using water from a nearby stream, which was contaminated. Bina and her children were often sick as a result; leading to missed work and a loss of income.
Outcry over Use of Water for Electricity Generation in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (IPS) - One of the fears of the people of the Sierra Huasteca mountains in the state of San Luis Potosi in northeast Mexico is the construction of combined cycle power plants, which would threaten the availability of water.
Scientists Warn of the Imminent Depletion of Groundwater in Chile's Atacama Desert
- Inter Press Service
OVALLE, Chile, Aug 14 (IPS) - Eighteen national science prize-winners in Chile have called for a halt to the over-extraction of water in the four regions over which the Atacama Desert spreads in the north of the country, a problem that threatens the future of 1.5 million people.
Winds of Change on Kenya’s Northern Borders
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 06 (IPS) - Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya.
Previously characterised by belligerence, based on competition for resources, the border regions of Eastern Africa can sense the blissful wind of peace approaching.
Even Rocks Harvest Water in Brazil’s Semi-Arid Northeast
- Inter Press Service
JUAZEIRINHO/BOM JARDIM, Brazil, Jul 20 (IPS) - Rocks, once a hindrance since they reduced arable land, have become an asset. Pedrina Pereira and João Leite used them to build four ponds to collect rainwater in a farming community in Brazil's semi-arid Northeast.
Chile Has Medicine Against Desertification, But Does Not Take It
- Inter Press Service
OVALLE, Chile, Jul 17 (IPS) - The retention of rainwater which otherwise is lost at sea could be an excellent medicine against the advance of the desert from northern to central Chile, but there is no political will to take the necessary actions, according to experts and representatives of affected communities.
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