Patricia Velez and Alfredo Loayza for Reuters Drought has cut Peru’s Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a devastating dry spell damaged vast swaths of South American rainforest in the worst drought in decades. Scientists in Peru and Brazil say the [...]
Amazon may be headed for another bad drought
By Paul Stewart in September 4th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under climate change, drought, evaporation, forestry, habitat, health, lake, livelihoods, monsoon, navigation, rivers, watershed, world water Tags: atlantic hurricane season, Brasil, hurricane season, Iquitos, lack of rainfall, peru, rainforest, The Amazon River Basin, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, water transportation, weather forecasts
Filed Under climate change, drought, evaporation, forestry, habitat, health, lake, livelihoods, monsoon, navigation, rivers, watershed, world water Tags: atlantic hurricane season, Brasil, hurricane season, Iquitos, lack of rainfall, peru, rainforest, The Amazon River Basin, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, water transportation, weather forecasts
‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ winners appeal to Botswana President over Bushmen
By Paul Stewart in September 3rd 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under community rights, conflict, drinking water, food, food security, habitat, health, heritage, livelihoods, resettlement, social structures, water security, watershed Tags: access to water, alternative Nobel Prize, Botswana, Bushmen, Dear President Khama, diamond mine, eviction, First People of the Kalahari, laureate, Right Livelihood Award, The Bushmen of Botswana, tourism, Wilderness Safaris
Filed Under community rights, conflict, drinking water, food, food security, habitat, health, heritage, livelihoods, resettlement, social structures, water security, watershed Tags: access to water, alternative Nobel Prize, Botswana, Bushmen, Dear President Khama, diamond mine, eviction, First People of the Kalahari, laureate, Right Livelihood Award, The Bushmen of Botswana, tourism, Wilderness Safaris
Survival International Over 30 laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, known as the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’, have signed an open letter to President Khama of Botswana urging him to allow the Bushmen access to water. The appeal comes as world experts arrive in Stockholm for World Water Week, and ahead of the Right Livelihood Award [...]
Brazil’s President signs ‘death sentence’ for Amazonian river
By Paul Stewart in August 28th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under community rights, conflict, disaster, finance, flooding, flora and fauna, forestry, habitat, health, heritage, hunger, hydropower, livelihoods, resettlement, rivers, social structures, watershed, world water Tags: amazonia, belo monte, COIAB, Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, design flaws, greenwashing, Lula, Marcos Apurinã, mega dam, president lula, protests, river of blood, The Madeira River, The Tapajós Rivers, The Teles Pires River, The Xingu River
Filed Under community rights, conflict, disaster, finance, flooding, flora and fauna, forestry, habitat, health, heritage, hunger, hydropower, livelihoods, resettlement, rivers, social structures, watershed, world water Tags: amazonia, belo monte, COIAB, Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, design flaws, greenwashing, Lula, Marcos Apurinã, mega dam, president lula, protests, river of blood, The Madeira River, The Tapajós Rivers, The Teles Pires River, The Xingu River
Survival International Brazil’s President Lula has signed a contract allowing the construction of the hugely controversial Belo Monte mega-dam on the Amazonian Xingu River to go ahead. Lula said, ‘I think this is a victory for Brazil’s energy sector’. Belo Monte, if built, will be the third largest dam in the world. It will devastate [...]
Fears for Pakistani town after new flood levee breaches
By Paul Stewart in August 28th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under disaster, drinking water, erosion, flooding, food security, fresh water, habitat, health, hunger, infrastructure, irrigation, livelihoods, mapping, monsoon, rivers, water security, waterborne diseases, watershed Tags: emergency relief, levee, OCHA, Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Pakistan flood, Sindh province, Thatta, The Indus River, UN
Filed Under disaster, drinking water, erosion, flooding, food security, fresh water, habitat, health, hunger, infrastructure, irrigation, livelihoods, mapping, monsoon, rivers, water security, waterborne diseases, watershed Tags: emergency relief, levee, OCHA, Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Pakistan flood, Sindh province, Thatta, The Indus River, UN
BBC Officials in southern Pakistan are battling to save the town of Thatta, where the raging Indus river has breached more of its levees. Tens of thousands of people have fled the town in the past few days and some outlying districts were reported to already be under water. A local official said it could [...]
GoM decides to scrap NTPC hydel project on Bhagirathi river
By Paul Stewart in August 28th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under conservation, dams, habitat, heritage, hydropower, rivers, social structures, watershed Tags: Bhairon Ghati, free flow, Hindu, Loharinag Pala, Loharinag Pala hydel, Pala Maneri, scrapped, The Bhagirathi River, The Ganga River, The Ganges River, Tributary of the Ganga, Tributary of the Ganges River, Uttarakhand
Filed Under conservation, dams, habitat, heritage, hydropower, rivers, social structures, watershed Tags: Bhairon Ghati, free flow, Hindu, Loharinag Pala, Loharinag Pala hydel, Pala Maneri, scrapped, The Bhagirathi River, The Ganga River, The Ganges River, Tributary of the Ganga, Tributary of the Ganges River, Uttarakhand
Good news for The Ganga. The Economic Times reports… NEW DELHI: Keeping religious sentiments and environmental concerns in view, a Group of Ministers (GoM) on Friday scrapped the NTPC’s controversial 600 MW Loharinag Pala hydel project on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand. Headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the GoM in a meeting made a detailed [...]
Global Lessons from the Pakistan Flood Catastrophe
By Paul Stewart in August 23rd 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under conservation, dams, delta, disaster, erosion, flooding, food security, forestry, greenhouse gas, habitat, hydropower, irrigation, livelihoods, mangrove, rivers, watershed Tags: barrages, disaster management, diversion canals, embankments, extreme weather, farmlands, fisheries, floodplains, megafloods, Pakistan, Pakistan flood, reduced capacity, river management, sediments, The Indus Delta, The Indus River, weather disasters
Filed Under conservation, dams, delta, disaster, erosion, flooding, food security, forestry, greenhouse gas, habitat, hydropower, irrigation, livelihoods, mangrove, rivers, watershed Tags: barrages, disaster management, diversion canals, embankments, extreme weather, farmlands, fisheries, floodplains, megafloods, Pakistan, Pakistan flood, reduced capacity, river management, sediments, The Indus Delta, The Indus River, weather disasters
Patrick McCully, International Rivers There are three vital global lessons to learn from the ongoing flood catastrophe in Pakistan. First, the rise in the planetary temperature has reached a tipping point. We are now in a scary new era of extreme weather. Extremes are the new normal. And there’s no going back, at least not [...]
Mangrove Forest Under Threat in Post-Nargis Delta
By Paul Stewart in August 23rd 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under Burma | Myanmar, conservation, deforestation, delta, disaster, fish, flora and fauna, food security, forestry, habitat, livelihoods, mangrove, monsoon, seawater, wetland Tags: coastal areas, eco-system services, firewood, Forest Resource Environment Development and Conservation Association, FREDA, irrawaddy delta, Laputta Township Fishery Department, Nargis, natural disaster, natural ecosystems, Tropical Cyclone Nargis
Filed Under Burma | Myanmar, conservation, deforestation, delta, disaster, fish, flora and fauna, food security, forestry, habitat, livelihoods, mangrove, monsoon, seawater, wetland Tags: coastal areas, eco-system services, firewood, Forest Resource Environment Development and Conservation Association, FREDA, irrawaddy delta, Laputta Township Fishery Department, Nargis, natural disaster, natural ecosystems, Tropical Cyclone Nargis
The Irrawaddy With no other means of livelihood, villagers strip mangrove forests for firewood The slow pace of rebuilding livelihoods in the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta is taking a serious toll on the region’s mangrove forests, as growing numbers of people turn to collecting firewood as their job of last resort, environmental groups in Rangoon say. [...]
Rain batters China anew; 94,000 evacuated in flood
By Paul Stewart in August 22nd 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under China, disaster, erosion, flooding, habitat, monsoon, watershed Tags: Dandong, dike, Liaoning Province, mass evacuations, mudslide, North Korea, Sinuiju, The Amnok River, The Yalu River, torrential rain, Zhouqu County
Filed Under China, disaster, erosion, flooding, habitat, monsoon, watershed Tags: Dandong, dike, Liaoning Province, mass evacuations, mudslide, North Korea, Sinuiju, The Amnok River, The Yalu River, torrential rain, Zhouqu County
By Alexa Oleson and Hyung-jin Kim for AP BEIJING — Flooding killed four people and forced the evacuation of 94,000 others in the northern Chinese port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday. Rain continued to fall Sunday in the region, which borders North [...]
Floodwaters threaten city of half-million in Pakistan
By Paul Stewart in August 21st 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under disaster, flooding, food security, health, hunger, livelihoods, mapping, monsoon, rivers, sanitation, social structures, waterborne diseases, watershed, world water Tags: floodwaters, mass evacuations, Pakistan flood, Shahdadkot, Sindh province, The Indus River
Filed Under disaster, flooding, food security, health, hunger, livelihoods, mapping, monsoon, rivers, sanitation, social structures, waterborne diseases, watershed, world water Tags: floodwaters, mass evacuations, Pakistan flood, Shahdadkot, Sindh province, The Indus River
CNN Shahdadkot, Pakistan (CNN) — Shahdadkot’s half-million people frantically tried to flee their homes Saturday as a wall of water threatened to burst mud berms and drown the entire city in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Three weeks into the worst natural disaster in Pakistan’s history, people were still desperate to escape as a second wave of [...]
UN urges world to open wallets for Pakistan
By Paul Stewart in August 19th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under disaster, finance, flooding, flora and fauna, food security, health, hunger, livelihoods, mapping, monsoon, rivers, sanitation, social structures, waterborne diseases, watershed, world water Tags: Asia Society, ban ki moon, clean water, flood victims, food, Pakistan flood, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, shelter, UN, villages submerged, worst natural disaster in its history
Filed Under disaster, finance, flooding, flora and fauna, food security, health, hunger, livelihoods, mapping, monsoon, rivers, sanitation, social structures, waterborne diseases, watershed, world water Tags: Asia Society, ban ki moon, clean water, flood victims, food, Pakistan flood, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, shelter, UN, villages submerged, worst natural disaster in its history
AP UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is putting the spotlight on more than 20 million Pakistani flood victims and urging governments and people around the world to open their wallets to help. At a hurriedly called meeting of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said donors have given half the $460 [...]
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