Monthly Archives: September 2011
Award winning paper questions link between water scarcity and poverty
Less water does not necessarily make you poor, but the relationship between agriculture, water and poverty is complex and our understanding of it is ill-served by attempts to find simple correlations.
News.csu.edu.au: Healthy ecosystems vital for food security
The report, An Ecosystems Approach to Water and Food Security, was released today, Tuesday 23 August (Australian time), in Sweden by the United Nations...
New-ag.info: Farming practices must change to increase production and protect the...
Water limits are close to being 'reached or breached' in many breadbaskets across the world, threatening to decimate global supplies of fresh water and...
Climate-news.com: Radical Changes in Agriculture Needed for Food, Water Security
Experts in water, agriculture and conservation banded together at last week's World Water Week in Stockholm to call for a major shift in global...
Bpicampus.com: Our Earth: Water, Climate Change, Waste, Planning – World Water...
"There is a need for a paradigm shift in waste management from treatment for disposal to treatment for reuse,” said David Molden of the...
Marketwatch.com: World Water Week Closes with ‘Stockholm Statement’ to the Rio+20
The 'Stockholm Statement' has been supported by UN-Water, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the Federal Ministry...