News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 44
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?
How to Produce More Food with Less Damage to Soil, Water, Forests
- Inter Press Service
ROME/BRUSSELS, May 31 (IPS) - Massive agriculture intensification is contributing to increased deforestation, water scarcity, soil depletion and the level of greenhouse gas emission, the United Nations warns.
Business Unusual: Valuing Water for a Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (IPS) - Valuing water is more than simply assigning costs to a scare resource - it is an essential step for transforming water governance to meet the needs of a prosperous future.
The ‘Water-Employment-Migration’ Explosive Nexus
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 30 (IPS) - Water--everybody talks about it, warns against its growing scarcity, excessive waste, the impact of climate change, the frequent severe droughts and so on. Now, a global action network with over 3,000 partner organisations in 183 countries comes to unveil the dangerous nexus between water, employment and migration, in particular in the Mediterranean region.
Valuing Water Beyond the Money
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (IPS) - Amid the worst drought in a century, South Africans are kick-starting a global consultative process to agree on the values of water in a bid to ensure more equitable use of the finite resource.
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