Potonico, El Salvador: A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributaries covers Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador. It is a sorry scene that has also become an all too common sight on the Caribbean beaches of Honduras, where thousands of tons of rubbish arrive from neighboring Guatemala. Fizzy drink bottles, medication packets, tattered […]
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WWF Pakistan, PCRWR sign LoI to support Australia-Pakistan Water Security Initiative
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) and the World Wild Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pak) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to support the implementation of Australia-Pakistan Water Security Initiative (APWASI) in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Under the South Asia Water Security Initiative (SAWASI), APWASI being funded by the Australian Government through Department […]
SCA demands declaration of Sindh as drought hit in view of water scarcity, loans of farmers
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has demanded that the province should be declared drought-hit in view of the persisting water scarcity and the loans of the farmers who own up to 16 acres land should be waived. A meeting of the SCA, chaired by its President Syed Miran Muhammad Shah here on Sunday, […]
Prevailing dry spell may cause water stress on reservoirs, crops: Met office
ISLAMABAD: The prevailing dry spell in most parts of the country during the next few days may cause water stress on water reservoirs, standing crops, vegetables, and orchards. “Farmers are advised to manage crop water accordingly and go for early harvesting of wheat crop”, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) revealed through its advisory. The Met […]
Experts stress need for boosting water productivity
A panel of experts has stressed the need for boosting water productivity for better use in urban centres through the latest techniques and joint efforts as the resource is depleting at an unprecedented rate. The experts spoke at length on Wednesday at a webinar held during the 5th Karachi International Water Conference titled ‘Circular water […]
Iran’s Khamenei urges water protesters not to fall prey to ‘enemy’
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday warned residents of the drought-hit southwest not to give ammunition to the “enemy”, after days of protests that have seen at least four killed. Khuzestan, Iran’s main oil-producing region and the wealthiest of the country’s 31 provinces, has been gripped by drought since March, with protests erupting […]
Ethiopia hits second-year target for filling Nile mega-dam
Ethiopia has attained its second-year target for filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, an official told AFP on Monday. “The first filling already was done last year. The second one is already done today. So today or tomorrow, second filling will be announced,” […]
One killed in Iran water shortage protests: state media
A demonstrator was shot dead during protests against water shortages in drought-hit southwestern Iran, state media reported Saturday, with an official blaming the death on “opportunists and rioters”. The demonstrator was killed in the Khuzestan province town of Shadegan, the official IRNA news agency said. “Last night (Friday), a number of Shadegan’s people had gathered […]
Ethiopia’s controversial mega-dam
Ethiopia’s construction of a massive dam on a tributary of the Nile River, which the UN Security Council meets about on Thursday, is raising regional tensions notably with Egypt, which depends on the Nile for 97 percent of its water supply. – Ten countries – At 6,695 kilometres (4,160 miles), the Nile is one of […]
UN draft resolution calls on Ethiopia to cease filling mega-dam
Tunisia has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling on Ethiopia to cease filling the reservoir of its controversial mega-dam on the Nile River, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. The huge dam, set to be Africa’s largest hydroelectric project when completed, has sparked an almost decade-long diplomatic stand-off between Addis Ababa and downstream […]