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Asia’s Water Crisis Needs Urgent Fixing
September 17th, 2012
Via the Jakarta Globe, some commentary on Asia’s water crisis: Asia’s water crisis is at the heart of the world’s water challenges, where the degradation of surface and subterranean water resources threatens the ecosystem. With Asia facing the world’s lowest per capita access to fresh water, the continent’s ever-deeper search for water is sucking groundwater […]
Read more »Former World Leaders Call On UN Security Council To Recognize Water As A Top Concern
September 13th, 2012
Via Terra Daily, an article on a group of former world leaders pushing for water to be recognized as a top global concern: The world confronts a water crisis with critical implications for peace, political stability and economic development, experts warn in a new report being launched Sept. 11 jointly by the InterAction Council (IAC), […]
Read more »Support For UN Water Treaty Accelerates
September 8th, 2012
Via Circle of Blue, a look at how progress on the UN Water Treaty, which deals with transboundary water basins, or those shared by two or more countries, had stalled — until a major conservation group got involved: According to researchers at Oregon State University, there are 276 river basins that are shared by two […]
Read more »Water Politics: Rising To The Top Of The Global Agenda
September 8th, 2012
Via the Irish Times, an article on water politics: THE POLITICS of water will loom large in international affairs this century. This is emerging under the influence of climate change, unequal access to water between richer and poorer peoples, intensifying agricultural and industrial use and transboundary conflicts. Looking at world politics through the lens of […]
Read more »Squeezing Africa Dry
August 31st, 2012
Courtesy of GRAIN.org, a look at the scramble for water in Africa: Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse. Building on Africa’s highly sophisticated indigenous water management systems could help resolve this growing crisis, but these very systems are being […]
Read more »Mekong Dams Could Rob Millions Of Primary Protein Source
August 30th, 2012
Via WWF, a report on the potential impact that hydropower dams on the Mekong could have upon food sources for millions of people: Hydropower dams planned for the lower mainstem of the Mekong River could decimate fish populations and with them the primary source of protein for 60 million people. The impact of the dams […]
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