Global IssuesNews headlines for “Water and Development”, page 8
Rivers Have no Borders: The Motto of Their Defenders in Peru
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, May 30 (IPS) - "Water is part of our culture, it is intrinsic to the Amazon," said José Manuyama, a member of a river defense committee in his native Requena, a town located in the department of Loreto, the largest in Peru, covering 28 percent of the national territory.
Not Enough Clean Water in Europe? Who Cares...
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, May 26 (IPS) - So busy as they are with strengthening military alliances and devoting billions of taxpayers' money to double their war budgets and subsidise fossil fuels, European Governments seem not to care about the reiterated alerts that their continent faces a serious risk: the reduced availability -and more polluted– drinking water.
Cuban Farmers Fight Land Degradation with Sustainable Management
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, May 23 (IPS) - Thorny bushes and barren soil made it look like a bad bet, but Cuban farmer José Antonio Sosa ignored other people’s objections about the land and gave life to what is now the thriving La Villa farm on the outskirts of Havana.
Caring for Water Where Mining Leads to Wealth and Tragedies in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
BELO HORIZONTE/ITABIRITO, Brazil, May 19 (IPS) - The southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais owes its name to the main economic activity throughout its history: mining – of gold since the 17th century and later iron ore, which took on an industrial scale with massive exports in the 20th century.
Floods Drive Urban Solutions in Brazilian Metropolis
- Inter Press Service
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, May 17 (IPS) - "We do everything through parties, we don't want power, we don't want to take over the role of the State, but we don't just protest and complain," said Itamar de Paula Santos, a member of the United Community Council for Ribeiro de Abreu (Comupra), in this southeastern Brazilian city.
The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
TEOTEPEQUE, El Salvador, May 05 (IPS) - After working on the family farm, Carlos Salama comes home and plugs his cell phone into a socket via a solar-powered electrical system, a rarity in this rural village in southern El Salvador.
Poor Water Distribution Infrastructure Gives Jamaica a 'Water Scarce' Label
- Inter Press Service
Kingston, Jamaica, Apr 26 (IPS) - It will take billions of dollars and many years to fix a growing problem that has placed Jamaica into the unlikely bracket of being among the world's most water-scarce countries due to the unavailability of potable water.
Drugged Water: A New Global Pandemic Hiding in Plain Sight?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Apr 13 (IPS) - People around the world are unknowingly being exposed to water laced with antibiotics, which could spark the rise of drug-resistant pathogens and potentially fuel another global pandemic, warns a new report.
Worrying Insights from UN's First-Ever Assessment of Water Security in Africa
- Inter Press Service
Apr 07 (IPS) - When it comes to water security – a reliable, good supply of safe water – just 29 African countries have made some progress over the past three to five years. Twenty-five have made none.
Indian Agriculture Towards 2030
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 04 (IPS) - India began its journey as an independent nation in 1947 with fresh memory of the Bengal Famine of 1943 which claimed 1.5 to 3 million lives. Against this backdrop, the First Five Year Plan (1951-56) prioritized agriculture which, however, shifted to heavily industrialization in the second Plan.
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