21 March 2009 | News – Press Release Ministers at the World Water Forum need to pay more attention to the environment if they want to solve the world’s water crisis, according to IUCN. “Governments have to realize that nature has a vital role to play in giving people clean drinking water, food and livelihoods,” [...]
World Water Day: Critical water shortages in Myanmar need to be addressed
Merlin – UK | 20 Mar 2009 On World Water Day 2009, Merlin would like to draw attention to the critical clean drinking water shortages in the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar. Clean drinking water has always been a scarce resource in the Delta, but these shortages have been exacerbated by the devastating effects of Cyclone [...]
MIDEAST: Gazans Struggle for Clean Drinking Water
By Mel Frykberg | IPS RAMALLAH, Mar 17 (IPS) – As environmental experts, NGOs and government officials gather in Istanbul this week to attend the Fifth World Water Forum, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has drawn attention to the critical water situation in Gaza. “ICRC teams are repairing water and sewage systems [...]
Corporate Interests Challenged at World Water Forum
By Hilmi Toros, IPS News | March 16, 2009 The Fifth World Water Forum begins in Istanbul today in the face of some stark facts: of the world’s water, 97.5 percent is the sea, and of the remaining, 70 percent is frozen in polar icecaps. That leaves precious little for 6.76 billion people around the [...]
Zimbabwe Cholera Death Toll Rises to 1,111, UN Says
By Mike Cohen and Frank Jomo Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has risen to 1,111, while 20,581 people are suspected to have contracted the disease, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “Major causes for the current outbreak continue to be a [...]
