News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 98
Saving an Overburdened River
- Inter Press Service
HOWICK, South Africa, Aug 14 (IPS) - Over the course of a 28-day trek down South Africa's Umgeni River, which flows from the pristine wetlands of the Umgeni Vlei Nature Reserve to the Durban coastline, Penny Rees, a coordinator for the Duzi uMngeni Conservation Trust, witnessed the polar opposites of river health.
Slum Farmers Rise Above the Sewers
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 09 (IPS) - Tucked deep in Kenya's sprawling Kibera slum is the shanty that Alice Atieno calls home. It is just one among many small, badly-lit shacks built close together in this crowded slum where an estimated one million people live on about 400 hectares.
Ancient Kings Fight Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Aug 08 (IPS) - Life for a widow with young children in Sri Lanka's poor agrarian areas can be harsh. Families in remote areas like Anuradhapura in the North Central Province barely eke out a living through paddy cultivation or through vegetable and other crops planted in cleared jungle shrub - Chena cultivation as it is called.
Govt, Energy Industry Accused of Suppressing Fracking Dangers
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 07 (IPS) - New signs have emerged in recent days which indicate that extreme measures are being taken in order to suppress evidence of the pernicious effects of the energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking".
Fight Against Drought Is Grounds for Political Divorce in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 31 (IPS) - The decisions taken by the Brazilian government in the fight against drought in the country's semiarid Northeast are an example of the disconnect between politicians and the citizens, which triggered an unexpected wave of protests in June.
River Diversion Project Spells Disaster
- Inter Press Service
SELENGE PROVINCE, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) - Tsetseghkorol, a Mongolian herder, stares out nostalgically at the Orkhon River, the longest in the country.
WHO’s Iraq Birth Defect Study Omits Causation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 (IPS) - A long-awaited study on congenital birth defects by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Iraq is expected to be very extensive in nature.
Living Laboratory for Coping with Drought in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIACHÃO DO JACUIPE, Brazil, Jul 04 (IPS) - The first surprise on arriving at Abel Manto's farm is how green it is, in contrast with the dry brown surroundings. His beans and fruit trees seem oblivious to the persistent drought in the semi-arid hinterland of northeast Brazil, the worst in 50 years.
In the Land of the Gods, Disaster Response Falls Short of Divine
- Inter Press Service
DEHRADUN, India, Jul 02 (IPS) - Over 580 bodies have so far been found. Hundreds more will likely never turn up. Survivors say they are suspended in a kind of nightmare, either haunted by memories of their brush with death or desperate for news of loved ones. At least 3,000 are reported to be missing.
China Leads Battle Against Poverty, Says U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 01 (IPS) - The United Nations has singled out China - the world's most populous country with over 1.3 billion people - as one of the key success stories in the longstanding battle against poverty.
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