By Charlie Devereux, Joshua Schneyer in Caracas; Editing by Cynthia OstermanPOTOSI, VenezuelaWed Feb 24, 2010 3:49pm EST POTOSI, Venezuela (Reuters) – For most Venezuelans, the El Nino-linked drought that has struck the country this year means inconveniences like power and water rationing. But for some, the extreme dry spell is stirring up bittersweet memories. The […]
DAMASCUS, Syria, March 8, 2010 (ENS) – Up to 60 percent of Syria’s land and over one million people are gripped by the worst drought in 40 years, but a deep funding shortfall for emergency assistance has left the United Nations aid agencies at a loss. The humanitarian arm of the United Nations is being […]
Contact: Tara Shyamt.shyam@irri.org656-773-0801International Rice Research Institute Singapore: Singaporeans consume around 275,000 tons of rice each year, which requires 688 billion liters of water to be produced – 2.5 times Singapore’s annual domestic water use. Competition for water is getting fiercer and water supplies are dwindling, yet Singapore can contribute to securing its rice supply by […]
By Staff WritersHanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Mar 8, 2009 Vietnam is struggling with its worst drought in more than 100 years. With practically no rainfall since September, the country is facing timber fires, plagues of rice-eating insects that are destroying millions of acres of rice paddies and dried-up rivers, Time magazine reports. For a country that […]
By Staff WritersNew Delhi (AFP) March 8, 2010 India faces a water crisis with availability in decline and demand rocketing, and the profligate agricultural sector is in the firing line. Farmers’ wasteful use of water is unsustainable in a country with a fast-growing population and rapidly industrialising economy, says Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. […]
By Van Phuc – Translated by Hai Mien Vietnam’s northern mountainous region has seen an outbreak of severe forest fires over the last few days, with many blazes yet to be brought under control. The central steering committee for forest protection, and fire prevention and fighting, said March 4 that persistent hot, dry weather has […]
March 1, 2010 Melbourne has got through summer with 83 billion litres more water in its dams than for the same time last year thanks to welcome rain, household water savings and flows from two major water projects. Figures released on Monday – the first day of autumn – by Melbourne Water show that the […]
By Peter Gardiner | 5th March 2010 A CHEMICAL linked to sex changes in frogs and chemical castration has been found in samples taken from the Noosa River system. However, fish health expert Dr Matt Landos said the levels of atrazine, which is used as a weed killer, were not of sufficient concentration to be […]
By Karin Kloosterman on March 5, 2010 – 12:09 pm Coastal waters are evolutionary hotspots, says Jerry Berne, a shoreline expert from the NGO Sustainable Shorelines in the US. Based in Charlotte, NC, USA, Berne is concerned about the toll construction and shoreline projects are having on the world’s marine ecosystems. Looking at the intensive […]
March 3, 2010 (AAP) A worst-case scenario on Perth’s water resources says supplies could dip by nearly 50 per cent in the next 20 years. A CSIRO report has projected a marked decrease in river flows and water yields in WA’s South-West by 2030. It said under the best case scenario surface water yields would […]
