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Endurance swimmer and UN Environment Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh announced his plans to swim the entire length of the English Channel – his longest distance ever – to draw attention to the urgent need for ocean protection. He will be the first person to ever attempt to swim the whole length

Data & Reports , Environment , Health , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/25/2018

Uranium ‘widespread’ in India’s groundwater

M. Sreelata Excessive withdrawal of groundwater across India is not only lowering the water table, it is also contaminating water with uranium. According to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, uranium contamination is “an emerging and widespread phenomenon”. I

Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 06/21/2018

Germany sanctioned for polluting water by industrial farming manure

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has ruled that Germany breached EU law by allowing manure runoff from farms to pollute water. The court found that Germany allowed an excessive use of manure as a fertiliser, in violation of the limits set out in the EU’s nitrates directive, which aims to redu

Disasters , Energy , Environment , Water / 06/12/2018

Drought in Iraq has other reasons-not the Ilisu Dam Reservoir

News from Iraq comes that the Tigris River had fallen to historically low levels due to dam in Turkey. This situation has resulted in discussions that have become even more urgent in Iraq than discussion of the recent elections. On June 1, 2018 news began to circulate that the impoundments of the r

Aid , Climate , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/19/2018

Better insurance is vital to protecting our ocean

Torsten Thiele Experts gathered in Bermuda for the first Ocean Risk Summit, which aims to improve understanding of ocean risks and unlock blue capital The global ocean is changing rapidly, with significant and increasing impacts on marine ecosystems, human lives and economies. Assessing the impacts

Environment , Governance , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/10/2018

HydroConference: a very urgent need to improve water management

A three-day conference on hydrological services therefore sought to address the urgent need to improve forecasting, management and use of water supplies and to tackle the problem of too much, too little or too polluted water. The HydroConference, from 7 to 9 May in Geneva, brought together 215 pr

Cities , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/04/2018

Asian Cities pollute our Seas the most, must act together to curb it!

Eight of the ten rivers, that carry almost 95 percent of all the plastic debris into the Seas, are from Asia. Ganges and Indus are among them. A recent scientific study has this shocking revelation to make. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ of Germany hav

Environment , Events , Governance , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/25/2018

Tribunals alone can’t save dying rivers in India: Experts

The 2nd Odisha River Conference organised on April 22 and 23 by Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) and Mahanadi River Waterkeeper, along with about 25 partner organisations, concluded with a strong message asking governments to recognise the Rivers’ Right to Life in line with that enjoyed by Indian ci

Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/19/2018

Reliance on Treatment Plants will not solve India’s River Pollution Problem

Centralised treatment plants and involve a lot of construction activities. Most of our cities along Ganga as well as on other rivers are having areas which are difficult to lay sewer lines, install pumping stations and build other infrastructure. Our major reliance on treatment plants therefore

Biodiversity , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Migration , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/29/2018

Barren hills bring Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis into conflict

Pinaki Roy The impact of hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees have been devastating to the forest cover and water availability in Cox’s Bazar, fuelling resentments with the local population A bunch of tree roots on his head, Ramzan Ali was coming back towards his polythene and bamboo hut at

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