News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 88
Piping the Waters of Southern Chile to the Thirsty North
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 05 (IPS) - Three private sector initiatives are aimed at carrying water from the rivers in southern Chile to the arid north of the country by ship or through underwater or underground pipelines. The objective is to slake the thirst of the mining industry of this country, the world's largest producer of copper.
Capitalism Unable to Deal with Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 02 (IPS) - It is time to craft new politics and economic policies to address the sustainability crisis, according to the latest edition of a flagship report by the Worldwatch Institute, a think tank here.
India Finds Fishy Ways to Fight Malaria
- Inter Press Service
MANGALORE, Apr 25 (IPS) - Thirteen-year-old Sampreeth Monteiro's neighbours are suddenly taking his advice seriously. "Buy a Guppy fish, it will eat all the mosquito eggs in your house. You will not get malaria again."
When Not To Go To School
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Apr 19 (IPS) - In large parts of rural India, the absence of separate toilets for growing girls is taking a toll on their education. Many are unable to attend school during the menstrual cycle.
Deforestation in the Andes Triggers Amazon “Tsunami”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 16 (IPS) - Deforestation, especially in the Andean highlands of Bolivia and Peru, was the main driver of this year's disastrous flooding in the Madeira river watershed in Bolivia's Amazon rainforest and the drainage basin across the border, in Brazil.
Uzbekistan’s Dying Aral Sea Resurrected as Tourist Attraction
- Inter Press Service
BISHKEK, Apr 15 (IPS) - "I'm going for a swim," says Pelle Bendz, a 52-year-old Swede, as he rummages in the jeep for his bathing trunks. The other tourists look at him, bewildered. What's left of the Aral Sea is reputed to be a toxic stew, contaminated by pesticides and other chemicals.
Yakama Nation Tells DOE to Clean Up Nuclear Waste
- Inter Press Service
YAKAMA NATION, Washington State, U.S., Apr 14 (IPS) - The Department of Energy (DOE), politicians and CEOs were discussing how to warn generations 125,000 years in the future about the radioactive waste at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, considered the most polluted site in the U.S., when Native American anti-nuclear activist Russell Jim interrupted their musings: "We'll tell them."
"Sanitation for All" a Rapidly Receding Goal
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 12 (IPS) - World leaders on Friday discussed plans to expand sustainable access for water, sanitation and hygiene, focusing in particular on how to reach those in remote rural areas and slums where development projects have been slow to penetrate.
Indigenous Leaders Targeted in Battle to Protect Forests
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 09 (IPS) - Indigenous leaders are warning of increased violence in the fight to save their dwindling forests and ecosystems from extractive companies.
What Nepal Doesn’t Know About Water
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Apr 01 (IPS) - Water is a critical resource in Nepal's economic development as agriculture, industry, household use and even power generation depends on it. The good news is the Himalayan nation has plenty of water. The bad news - water abundance is seasonal, related to the monsoon months from June to September.
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