Monthly Archives: September 2008

Asian Countries Prepare for Future Sea Level Rise

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EcoWorldly - San Francisco,USA | Written by Joshua S Hill

With predictions pointing to a global rise in sea levels over the next century, many countries are beginning the first stages of planning to deal with such increases. For Asia, a land where population density is the least of their problems, but a major problem nonetheless, this foresight could save millions of lives.

One of the countries that is proactively attempting to find solutions is Vietnam. No longer willing to rely on foreign non-governmental organizations, Vietnam is looking to find solutions for themselves. …

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India-Nepal water talks resume after four years

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Indo-Asian News Service
Kathmandu, September 29, 2008

Neighbours India and Nepal, who share the same Himalayan rivers and are often at loggerheads over the sharing of flowing water resources, resumed bilateral water-sharing talks after four years in the Napal capital on Monday.

The three-day meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resources is led by the secretaries of the two countries and is likely to discuss setting up of a joint ministerial committee to address water-related issues. These include the havoc caused by the Kosi and other rivers and beginning work on giant hydropower projects that have failed to get off the ground years after the agreements were signed. …

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'Unnecessary' dam project threatens rarest wildlife

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By Michael McCarthy, Environment editor
Monday, 29 September 2008

One of the world’s rarest reptiles, the critically-endangered Siamese crocodile, is gravely threatened by a proposed dam in an unspoilt region of Cambodia, British conservationists warn.

Construction of the Chay Areng dam in the Cardamom mountains will wipe out a fifth or more of the remaining population of the crocodiles, which stands at fewer than 200 individuals in the wild, according to Fauna and Flora International (FFI), which is based in Cambridge. …

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Billions could get gain access to clean water through nanotechnology

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Copenhagen, Denmark — Hard work, bleeding-edge innovation and hope are driving the fledgling products and services of nanotechnology — science on the scale of atoms and molecules — along a pipeline that starts in the research laboratory and ends in a range of improved applications.

Nanoscale materials, coatings, membranes, catalysts and other technologies are being developed for use in electronics, energy production and storage, information technology, medicine and health — but industry and consumers will not be the only beneficiaries of these advances. …

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Coalition Pledges $400 Million For Clean Water, Sanitation

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Wall Street Journal - USA
More than a dozen non-governmental organizations, some of them coalitions of charities, foundations and companies, pledged more than $400 million in various efforts to improve access to clean water and sanitation in the developing world.

The effort, dubbed the “Global Health Mega-Commitment on Water and Sanitation” for the Clinton Global Initiative, aims to reach 8.5 million people and provide a billion liters of clean water to developing areas over the next several years. …

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