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South African Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa warned this week warned that the nation could face water shortages if citizens do not take steps to conserve water.
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Second in a series “Conversations With Water Leaders” conducted by OOSKAnews in association with Singapore International Water Week.
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The Malawi government has issued 172 mining licenses in the past four years as part of its effort to boost the country’s agriculture-dependent economy.
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Malawian President Joyce Banda this week expressed doubt about the ongoing mediation process in her country’s border dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi, saying the issue could be brought to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, where it can competently be handled by experts.
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Canadian mining firm Pacific Rim Mining Corp. on April 1 took the next step in its arbitration case against the Salvadoran government for halting the company’s work on the El Dorado gold mining project.
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Four Latin American governments were found to be giving away natural resources located primarily found in areas where indigenous communities live in an effort to increase economic development, according to a new study from NGO Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI).
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Peru is considered one of the countries in South America most vulnerable to climate change, due to water scarcity concerns that are already taking a toll on a “wide spectrum of Peruvian society,” according to a new report from Washington DC-based think tank the Center for American Progress.
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The UK government will extend $106 million USD to Yemen over the next two years for life-saving assistance to one million people.
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The World Resources Institute (WRI) today launched a new online tool that maps water risk worldwide based on the most current, highest resolution data available.
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The World Bank has approved an $87 million USD grant package to help Mozambique develop a climate change-resilient economy and improve nutrition interventions for over a million people.
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21 Dec 2012- 08:53 by Local Press Report WASHINGTON DC Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $100 million USD contingent loan to help Costa Rica cushion the impact that severe or catastrophic natural disasters could have on its public finances. Due
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Talks between a coalition of environmental groups and a leading Australian coal mining firm in South Africa, Coal of Africa (CoAL), collapsed this week after one of the parties pulled out.
