Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 32
Water Crisis Offers Chance for Unity over Strife
- Inter Press Service
As record-breaking temperature highs and rapidly melting ice caps fuel fears about impending 'water wars', some experts in Washington say that the threat of full-blown conflict is exaggerated, adding that robust institutions and solid treaties could transform water crises into international cooperation.
Fish Swim in Israel’s Desert
- Inter Press Service
'It wasn't easy to convince people that growing fish in the desert makes sense,' reminisces marine biologist Samuel Appelbaum, peering through the opaque water where thousands of barramundi are being harvested.
BRAZIL: Small-Scale Land Speculators Contribute to Amazon Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
Many migrants from southern Brazil who clear forests in Brazil’s state of Amazonas are making their living as small-scale land speculators and not as farmers or as cattle ranchers, new research has found.
SWAZILAND: Irrigation Waters the Hopes of a New Village
- Inter Press Service
A transboundary water project is reinforcing the fight against food insecurity and poverty along the Komati River which flows through South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique.
EAST AFRICA: Massive Aid Needed to Stave off Disaster
- Inter Press Service
International donors have given more than one billion dollars to ease the famine in Somalia and elsewhere in the Horn of Africa, but U.N. officials say another billion will be needed to prevent the situation from deteriorating in other areas.
BRAZIL: Lax Limits on Agrotoxics in Drinking Water
- Inter Press Service
Brazil sets acceptable drinking water limits for 22 different types of pesticides and fertilisers, 13 heavy metals, 13 solvents and six disinfectants. However, these are sometimes exceeded for economic reasons or due to inadequate monitoring.
SENEGAL: Fish Farming Breathes New Life Into Rural Economy
- Inter Press Service
July signals the start of three months of intense activity for residents of the seven villages around the small dam at Sébi Ponty. The dam was stocked with tilapia in 2006, and aquaculture is proving to be a vital economic activity for youth in the area.
ENVIRONMENT: Indonesians Await Forest Tenure Reform
- Inter Press Service
Barbecue fires along the winding trail through the Sesaot forest reserve act as guides for delegates walking to an international forestry conference at a nearby beach resort.
Urban Farming Takes Root in Europe
- Inter Press Service
Since the end of World War II, and especially since the 1960s, the Kreuzberg district in Berlin has been a melting pot of cultures, with residents hailing from the Balkans, Central Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Growing Water Deficit Threatening Grain Harvests
- Inter Press Service
Many countries are facing dangerous water shortages. As world demand for food has soared, millions of farmers have drilled too many irrigation wells in efforts to expand their harvests. As a result, water tables are falling and wells are going dry in some 20 countries containing half the world's people.
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