* Water shortages risk triggering conflicts * But world can look to Indus, Mekong for cooperation By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent for REUTERS OSLO, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong [...]
'Arid aquaculture' among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world's drylands
From EurekAlert 4-year study calls for urgent reforms to avert further desertification threatening ‘poorest of the poor’ worldwide “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative livelihood for people living in desertified parts of the world’s expanding [...]
