Full Coverage: Water/sanitation
June 2006
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26.06.2006
With the world’s urban population set to exceed rural dwellers for the
more...first time next year, slum dwellers are as badly if not worse off than their rural cousins in terms of health, literacy and prosperity, contradicting general assumptions, according to a landmark study issued by the United Nations. Related topics/regions: [Cities] [Poverty] [Shelter & housing] [Governance] [United Nations] |
23.06.2006
Climate change and falling water tables are having a dramatic effect on the world’s water resources, says Satu Hassi of the Worldwatch Institute. She also cites the grassroots movement for rainwater harvesting in India and a phenomenon generating hope in these circumstances.
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Conservation] [Environmental activism] [Rivers] |
23.06.2006
Across much of India, the rains that should have come with the annual four-month monsoon have been lighter than usual - so suicide rates among India's 700 million farmers, many burdened with drought-related debt, are high.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Agriculture] [Poverty] |
23.06.2006
Community leaders from Mehdiganj in north India began a hunger strike to demand the closure of the Coca-Cola bottling plant. The leaders have accused the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj of creating severe water shortages affecting over twenty villages, polluting agricultural land and groundwater, illegally occupying land, evading taxes and treating workers unfairly.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Agriculture] [Corporations] [Environment] [MDGs] |
22.06.2006
A new book has been recently launched that shows the way forward on
more...integrated water resources management (IWRM) with suggestions for the key organisational and managerial changes required at the macro and micro levels. The book Charting a New Course: A Strategy for Sustainable Management of India's Water Resources in the 21st Century by GN Kathpalia and Rakesh Kapoor goes beyond the acerbic debate on water resources between the 'pro-environment' groups and NGOs on the one hand and the 'pro-development' engineers, contractors and government officials on the other. Priced at Rs 75, (US $7) the book is Crown size and 64 pages. Related topics/regions: [India] [Environment] [Activism] [Governance] Image: Women collecting water in middle class district, Chennai, India © Peter Armstrong
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22.06.2006
The Tamil Nadu government's approach to restoring traditional waterbodies in the state doesn’t hold water as the tanks that are being restored by government agencies do not have a single drop of water.
more...From: Centre for Science and Environment Related topics/regions: [India] [Governance] Image: Checkdam in India. © Centre for Science and Environment
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20.06.2006
Living in a Bhandup slum for the last 10 years, for Sunil and Kaushala, life is a daily struggle. But early this month, when their four-year-old elder son Baadal was admitted to hospital with symptoms of malnutrition, their little world came crashing down.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Development] [Children] [Health] [Social exclusion] |
20.06.2006
In a major breakthrough for the campaign to hold Coca-Cola accountable, the newly elected state government of Kerala has assured community leaders that the government will take proactive measures against the Coca-Cola bottling plant in south India.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Corporations] [Human rights] [Activism] [Governance] |
19.06.2006
“La desertificazione è una delle minacce più serie che l’umanità si trova ad affrontare. È un problema globale che affligge un quinto della popolazione mondiale in più di 100 paesi” - ha ricordato il Segretario generale dell'Onu Kofi Annan, nel suo messaggio diffuso in occasione della “Giornata mondiale per la lotta alla desertificazione e alla siccità”, che si è celebrata sabato 17 giugno. I deserti sono minacciati come mai prima, mentre potrebbero essere un tesoro di risorse per il pianeta per la produzione di energia solare o piante medicinali sottolinea un rapporto pubblicato dall’Onu nei giorni scorsi. Obiettivo dell’iniziativa, che coincide anche con il 10° anniversario della convenzione Onu per combattere la desertificazione, è anche quello di attirare l’attenzione sulla vita di milioni di persone - soprattutto nell'Africa subsahariana (dove il 66% del territorio è arido o semiarido) ma anche in Asia e in America Latina - che oggi vivono al limite della sussistenza.
more...Related topics/regions: [Development] [Energy] [Environment] Image: Giornata mondiale per la lotta alla desertificazione e alla siccità
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15.06.2006
Huonolaatuinen juomavesi ja roimat hinnankorotukset synnyttivät Argentiinan Córdoban maakunnassa kansanliikkeen, joka pani ranskalaisen Suez-yhtiön polvilleen. Tilalle toivotaan julkista palveluyhtiötä.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [Argentina] |
13.06.2006
Almora in Uttranchal, India, is facing an acute water crisis, which has been exacerbated by rapid, unplanned urban growth and the mismanagement of vital natural resources that has led to the drying up of natural sources of water. A critical piece by Bidisha Kumar in CSE's Science and Environment Magazine 'Down To Earth'.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Development] [Environment] |
12.06.2006
Itäisessä Afrikassa sijaitseva Somalia on kärsinyt tänä vuonna pahasta kuivuudesta. ”Sateet alkoivat vasta huhtikuun puolivälissä, yli kaksi kuukautta odotettua myöhemmin”, kertoo Kansainvälisen solidaarisuussäätiön kenttäkoordinaattori Airi Toivonen.
more...From: Solidaarisuus Related topics/regions: [Somalia] [Food] |
12.06.2006
Villagers in Mehdiganj, 20 km from Varanasi have been on an indefinite dharna outside and Coca Cola bottling plant since March 23, 2006 demanding the closure of the plant. The plant, in operation since 1999, has caused a fall in water table to the extent of 50 feet forcing farmers to deepen their tubewells. The farmers fear that if the plant continues to function it’ll soon create a situation where there may not be any water left. In addition the quality of water has also deteriorated. An AidIndia Press Release.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Environmental activism] [Pollution] [Activism] |
08.06.2006
'A come acqua: “L’acqua è un BENE COMUNE, la cui proprietà e gestione deve rimanere in mano pubblica”. Questo è quanto sta scritto nel programma di governo dell’Unione. E questo è uno di quei 3 o 4 impegni come il ritiro delle truppe dall’IRAK senza se e senza, la revisione della legge30…che il nuovo governo non può eludere. Uno di quelli che dà l’idea del cambiamento con il passato, un segnale forte per i fatidici primi 100 giorni. Invece il documento d’intenti del governo in circolazione, non ne fa menzione e il voto sulla direttiva Bolkestein con la quale in Europa si da il via libera al mercato dei servizi compreso quello dell’acqua, non è un bel segno e ci sia permessa la considerazione, sembrano accogliere più le pressanti richieste di Montezemolo e di Confindustria che quelle del Movimento sull’Acqua. Noi invece ci aspettiamo che quanto affermato solennemente nel programma dell’Unione venga riaffermato e in tempi utili con le scadenze dalla politica'. - di Emilio Molinari, Presidente del Comitato Italiano per un Conttrato Mondiale sull’Acqua
more...Related topics/regions: [Civil society] [Governance] Image: contrattoacqua.it
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05.06.2006
Pobladores de los municipios de Colomoncagua, Honduras y Carolina de El Salvador, fundaron el “Frente Binacional contra la Construcción de las Represas”, cuyo proyecto se encuentra contenido en el Plan Puebla Panamá (PPP).
more...From: Diario CoLatino Related topics/regions: [Central America] [Environment] [Civil society] Image: © Diario CoLatino
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