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Liu Qin China’s massive Asian infrastructure network of proposed new roads and railways, new ports and airports, linking 65 countries to itself must grapple with the same problem as the ancient Silk Road it has been named after. Sand. Deserts present as big a problem along the “Silk Road Economi

Business , Corruption , Water / 08/14/2016

Reversing The Tide: Spain Moves Into Water Remunicipalization

David Sánchez/Food and Water Europe Valladolid, a city of around 300,000 inhabitants took the first step to recover public control of water management Just one year ago we were arguing about how Spain was still resisting the last wave of water privatization, as a result of austerity policies and d

Climate , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Water / 08/08/2016

Wedded to uncertainty: Stories of women married into families in the floodplains of Bihar, India

Amitangshu Acharya As Bihar is deluged again this year, with 89 lives lost so far, here are stories and images of survival, loss and resilience on villages near Gandak river basin One fateful night in August 2013, Gandak River breached the Gopalganj highway in Bihar and made its way through a small

Biodiversity , Climate , Disasters , Environment , Forests , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 07/13/2016

What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots

Gina Ziervogel, Margaret Angula, Salma Hegga The world may still argue about whether or not climate change is for real. But in vast expanses of arid southern Africa, the daily struggle to cope with a changed climate is well under way. The lessons being learnt here on a small scale could pro

Multimedia , Solutions , Videos , Water / 06/22/2016

65 years, a person spent restoring a Californian river

Learn more about the San Joaquin River and take action to restore its health at AmericanRivers.org At 85 years old, organic raisin farmer and lifelong river advocate Walt Shubin is not slowing down. He has dedicated the last 65 years of his life to restoring California’s once-mighty San Joaquin Ri

Environment , Human Rights , Water / 06/10/2016

Protest against relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in Hasankeyf dam site

Activists are protesting against the relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in the historical city of Hasankeyf which is under the threat of the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River On June 4, 2016, several dozen activists have protested against the relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in the historical city

Education , Energy , Environment , Food , Labour , Multimedia , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Transport , Videos , Water / 06/05/2016

Self-sufficient Cities May Hold the Key to the Future

Juan Vargas The Pukika Experiment consists of building a self-sufficient city for 3 million people By the end of the century, we’ll need to build urban housing for 5 billion people. This is the product of our increasing population and the current urbanisation trend. Today, there are slightly over

Climate , Energy , Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development , Videos , Water / 05/31/2016

Ten years on: how Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth made its mark

John Cook But has the film achieved what it set out to do – raise public awareness and change people’s behaviour in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Ten years ago, An Inconvenient Truth opened in cinemas in the United States. Starring former US vice president Al Gore, the documen

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/08/2016

Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia

Dale Nimmo, David Lindenmayer, John Woinarski, Ralph Mac Nally, Shaun Cunningham Coral bleaching is not surprising: it is consistent with many changes that are occurring now across Australia’s natural environments Media reports around the world have brought the mass coral bleaching of A

Business , Corruption , Disasters , Energy , Environment , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/04/2016

Press freedom violations threaten transparency in extractive sector

Publish What You Pay Writing about the extractive industries is an important area for journalists With the wealth of natural resources available, the huge financial interests at play, the influential role of extractive companies and the dominance of natural resource revenue for some developing coun

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