by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, September 19, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) – In early September, Typhoon Yagi, a deadly tropical cyclone, hit Southeast…
Read more Typhoon Yagi Devastates Southeast AsiaAn igapó, a flood-prone wooded area on the Vuelta Grande of the Xingu River, with fruit on the dry ground. This is where the piracema, or fish reproduction,…
Read more Life or Energy: The Hydroelectric Dilemma in Amazonian BrazilIn the SADC region, the state of groundwater pollution is a growing concern. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa) Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Inter Press…
Read more Pollution a Threat To Our Groundwater ResourcesWomen and children in Afghan cities endure hours-long queues for a vital resource—water. Credit: Learning Together Thursday, December 14, 2023 Inter Press Service Dec 14 (IPS) – The…
Read more Kabul Residents Endure Hours-Long Queues in Severe Water CrisisMarking World Toilet Day on November 19th, the global community faces a pressing sanitation crisis affecting 3.5 billion people. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPS Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa)…
Read more Accelerating Change: Global Call to Action on World Toilet Day to Meet 2030 Sanitation GoalsCommunity Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador by Edgardo Ayala (chirilagua, el salvador) Tuesday, November 07, 2023 Inter Press Service CHIRILAGUA, El Salvador, Nov 07 (IPS) – Neither…
Read more Community Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador – VideoFermina Quispe (fourth from the right, standing) poses for photos together with other farmers from the Women’s Association of Huerto de Nueva Esperanza, which she chairs and with…
Read more Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s HighlandsDozens of women environmentalists participated in Mexico City in the launch of the Voices of Life campaign by eight non-governmental organizations on Oct. 12, 2023, which brings together…
Read more How to Defend the Environment and Survive in the Attempt, as a Woman in MexicoAn aerial view of Hacendita Cafubá, on the north shore of Piratininga, a lagoon in southeastern Brazil, when ponds that serve as a spillway and to collect sedimentation…
Read more Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazilby Mariela Jara (lima) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LIMA, Sep 28 (IPS) – Nearly 700,000 people have migrated internally in Peru due to the effects of…
Read more Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal MigrationBoth the Wular Lake and Dal Lake (pictured here) are crucial for the Kashmir region’s flood management and livelihood generation, however, both are reducing in size with implications…
Read more Flooding, Water Insecurity Looms as Indian Kashmirs Titanic Water Bodies ShrinkView of the Itaipú hydroelectric plant shared by Brazil and Paraguay on the Paraná River. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS Opinion by Philippe Benoit, Anne Sophie Corbeau (washington dc) Thursday, August…
Read more Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing ClimateMarisol and Misael Menjívar pose next to the biodigester installed in March in the backyard of their home in El Corozal, a rural settlement located near Suchitoto in…
Read more Biodigesters Light Up Clean Energy Stoves in Rural El SalvadorLigoria Felipe dos Santos poses for a photo on her agroecological farm that mixes corn, squash, fruits, vegetables and medicinal herbs. She is part of the women’s movement…
Read more ‘Passion Seeds’ Fertilize Brazil’s Semiarid NortheastOpinion by Maria Skold, Martina Klimes (stockholm, sweden) Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jul 11 (IPS) – The role of water in conflicts is changing,…
Read more Water a Weapon of War or a Tool for Peace?Eronildes da Silva proudly stands next to a bunch of bananas on his farm, whose large size is the result, he says, of the effective fertilizer of reusing…
Read more Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil’s Semiarid NortheastThe expansion towards the mountains of the coastal city of Ensenada, in the northwestern Mexican state of Baja California, stresses the water supply, which is scarce in this…
Read more Mexico Needs to Step Up Treatment and Reuse of Water to Address CrisisThousands of dead fish in Dal Lake, Kashmir, are of concern to fishers, who make a living off the lake. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (srinagar,…
Read more Massive Fish Mortality Strikes Kashmirs Lake, Threatens LivelihoodsYoung children and infants are particularly sensitive to the harmful effects of lead. Current statistics suggest that approximately one in three children worldwide have elevated blood lead levels.…
Read more The Lead-Free Water Pledge: Steps Towards a Future of Lead-Free Drinking WaterOne of the rainwater harvesting systems installed in rural settlements in eastern El Salvador, in the Central American Dry Corridor. It is based on a system of pipes…
Read more Rainwater Harvesting Brings Hope for Central Americas Dry Corridor – Video
