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Scientists call for development goals to protect Earth

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97700/Scientists-call-for-development-goals-to-pr...
JOHANNESBURG 21 March 2013 (IRIN) - Development can no longer focus exclusively on improving people’s lives. Countries must now link poverty eradication to protection of the atmosphere, oceans and land, said a group of international scientists in a comment piece published today in the journal Nature. They propose six Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that do just that.

Maize shortage renews debate over GM in Zimbabwe

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97588/Maize-shortage-renews-debate-over-GM-in-Zim...
HARARE 04 March 2013 (IRIN) - A major shortage of maize has sent the price of maize meal, used for porridge and poultry feed, spiralling in Zimbabwe, prompting traders to lobby the government to consider importing genetically modified (GM) maize.

Kenya’s waste management challenge*

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97638/Kenya-s-waste-management-challenge
NAIROBI 13 March 2013 (IRIN) - As the urban population in Nairobi and elsewhere in East Africa grows, so does the solid waste management burden - a situation worsened by poor funding for urban sanitation departments and a lack of enforcement of sanitation regulations.

The long road home to South Sudan

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97981/The-long-road-home-to-South-Sudan
RENK, UPPER NILE STATE 06 May 2013 (IRIN) - George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south.

Water scarcity affects Somaliland households

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97678/Water-scarcity-affects-Somaliland-household...
HARGEISA 19 March 2013 (IRIN) - Hundreds of households in the disputed Sool area of the self-declared republic of Somaliland are facing a water shortage following poor rains, say officials.

In Africa, corruption dirties the water

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
NAIROBI 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.

The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention framework

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98058/The-making-of-the-Hyogo2-disaster-preventio...
JOHANNESBURG 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - A month after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in December 2004, affecting millions, 168 countries signed on to a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards.

Drought response requires getting development right

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97647/Drought-response-requires-getting-developme...
GENEVA 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - It takes more than weathermen and agriculture experts to design an effective drought response policy.

Zimbabwe short on climate change funds

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97994/Zimbabwe-short-on-climate-change-funds
HARARE 07 May 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe’s efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a government progress report.

Gender relations are changing along with climate

23 May, 2013 - 21:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97727/Gender-relations-are-changing-along-with-cl...
JOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.
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