News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 42
Africa Could Help Feed the World – If Its Fertile Land Doesn’t Vanish
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Jun 16 (IPS) - The 23rd World Day to Combat Desertification was celebrated in Burkina Faso's capital of Ouagadougou on June 15 with a call to create two million jobs and restore 10 million hectares of degraded land.
IFAD’s President Houngbo Calls for Investment in Climate Smart Agriculture for Poverty-Free Future
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 (IPS) - Implementing climate-smart agriculture is critical to reduce hunger and poverty, according to International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) new president Gilbert Houngbo.
The High Price of Desertification: 23 Hectares of Land a Minute
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 15 (IPS) - Urban farmer Margaret Gauti Mpofu would do anything to protect the productivity of her land. Healthy soil means she is assured of harvest and enough food and income to look after her family.
Global Coalition Calls for Withdrawal of SDGs Progress Report
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 14 (IPS) - A report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) fails to capture the the true picture of water challenges and the UN must withdraw it, said a global civil society coalition.
Mideast: Drought to Turn People into Eternal Migrants, Prey to Extremism?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 13 (IPS) - Worldwide, land degradation, severe droughts and advancing desertification are set to force populations to flee their homes and migrate. In the specific case of the Middle East and North of Africa (MENA), such an obliged choice implies the additional risk to turn peoples into easy prey to extremist, terrorist groups.
Heavy Toll of Disrupted Farming, Higher Prices and Displaced Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 12 (IPS) - Large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are buoying global food supply conditions, but protracted fighting and unrest are increasing the ranks of the displaced and hungry elsewhere, according to a United Nations new report.
When Women Have Land Rights, the Tide Begins to Turn
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 12 (IPS) - In Meghalaya, India's northeastern biodiversity hotspot, all three major tribes are matrilineal. Children take the mother's family name, while daughters inherit the family lands.
Saving the Oceans, Saving the Future: Officials Tackle Marine Pollution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - The oceans' health is only getting worse and the cycle of decline must be reversed, said representatives at the opening of a high-level UN conference.
Charting a Course to a Blue Commonwealth
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 05 (IPS) - The United Nations Ocean Conference offers an historic opportunity to safeguard the ocean environment and support small island and vulnerable developing coastal states, who depend on the seas for national economic growth and sustainable development.
Why We Need to Save Our Oceans Now—Not Later
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 01 (IPS) - What if the blue fades way as seawaters become brown andcoral reefs become white as marine grasslands wither and life below water vanishes?
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