Environment

Maize shortage renews debate over GM in Zimbabwe

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
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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*

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
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 making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention framework

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
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.

Water scarcity affects Somaliland households

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
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.

Zimbabwe short on climate change funds

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
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.

In Africa, corruption dirties the water

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
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.

Drought response requires getting development right

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
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.

Making WASH work in Burkina Faso’s cities

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98054/Making-WASH-work-in-Burkina-Faso-s-cities
OUAGADOUGOU 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Earlier this year Denis Ouedraogo, a tailor living in the Tampouy neighbourhood just north of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, connected his mud-walled home to the water network for the first time. “Even without electricity, having enough water can make you happy,” he said.

Gender relations are changing along with climate

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
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.

A unified approach to climate change and hunger

25 Mayo, 2013 - 12:00
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97913/A-unified-approach-to-climate-change-and-hu...
JOHANNESBURG 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.
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