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25 Oct 2021 SYDNEY, Australia

Ecological Threat Report: 1.26 Billion Risk Conflict And Displacement

New report confirms cyclical relationship between ecological degradation and conflict, examining 3 ecological "hotspots"

4 Oct 2021 SYDNEY

Sydney Faces Water Shortage Within 20 Years

Increased desalination, stormwater recycling and ne efficiency measures recommended.

1 May 2021 Darwin

Australian Agribusiness Water Extraction License Challenged

The Northern Territory government awarded Fortune Agribusiness a license to extract 40 billion liters of underground water per year to irrigate a 3500-hectare horticulture project at Singleton cattle station, about 380km north of Alice Springs. Native title holders concerned.

27 Mar 2017 LONDON

New Zealand: Anger as Lakes Tapped for Bottled Water

A plan to extract millions of litres of water out of a Unesco world heritage site, send it by pipe to the coast and ship it to foreign markets for bottling has ignited a campaign over water resources in New Zealand. An export company is proposing to collect 800m litres a month of the “untapped” glacial waters of Lake Greaney and Lake Minim Mere, mountainous dams that are fed by rainfall on the Southern Alps...

27 Mar 2017 CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Minister Challenged to Fight Over Dirty Water

A conservation trust manager angry at Environment Minister Nick Smith's swimmable river stance has challenged him to a boxing match - with the loser to "frolic" in one of Christchurch's most polluted swimming holes. Greg Byrnes posted a classified advert on Wednesday challenging Dr Smith to a "Queensbury Rules fist fight"...

31 Oct 2013 MUSCAT

12 Firms Submit Bids for Omani Water Project

Developers from Spain, Japan, Singapore and the UAE are among a dozen companies that have sought to prequalify for a license to build a major Independent Water Project (IWP) in Qurayyat in Muscat Governorate. Tuesday’s deadline for the submission of qualifications, set by Oman’s Tender Board, saw responses from a total 12 companies, many of them regional and international heavyweights...

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24 May 2013 KIRITIMATI

EU to Provide Kiribati $8.2 Million for Water Supply Project

Improving drinking water supply in Kiritimati Island is the main objective of a new EU funded project under the 10th European Development Fun (EDF). The allocation of $6.2 million is part of the EU effort to support developing countries achieve their Millennium Development Goals. The Ambassador of the European Union for the Pacific, Mr...

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15 Oct 2012 BRUSSELS, Belgium

Environmental Degradation Increases Disaster Risk

Environmental degradation lowers a country’s ability to adapt to the risk of natural disasters, thereby increasing that risk, according to the 2nd edition of the World Risk Report, released last week. The report “gives us a vivid picture of how environmental destruction on a global scale is increasingly becoming a direct threat to human beings as well...

20 Mar 2012 UNITED NATIONS

Sub-Saharan Africa Lags in Safe Drinking Water Access

There are “huge disparities” between sub-Saharan Africa and other regions of the world when it comes to the chances of meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets on safe drinking water access, according to the latest review of the MDGs. The “Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation 2012” report, released this month by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), finds that just 61 percent of people in sub-Saharan Africa have access to an improved water source, compared to 90 percent or more in Latin America and the Caribbean...

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4 Oct 2010 SUVA, Fiji

Fiji Water Shortage the Result of Changed Global Weather Patterns

A water crisis has emerged in Fiji's Western Division, with authorities saying emergency supplies are being shipped into rural Ba, Tavua and Rakiraki and the Yasawa group of islands. Authorities blame the lack of rain on El Nino effect that is affecting the southwest Pacific, a weather pattern linked to wider global climate change...

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30 Jun 2010 NEW DELHI, India

World on Course to Meet MDG Water Targets, but Efforts Need to Be Accelerated

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2010, released last week by the United Nations, said the world will meet or even exceed the MDG target on drinking water by 2015 if current trends continue. But it added that efforts to provide drinking water to all rural households across the world should be accelerated...

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