Environmental experts have warned that increasingly tough climatic conditions around the world are making it much harder to meet the growing demand for food. In order to improve its food security the Kenyan government is trying out the system of rice intensification (SRI) as a response to changing climatic condition.
An interesting article on the current situation of Lake Chad By Raveena Aulakh.
"In its glory days during the 1960s, Lake Chad was 38,000 square kilometres of sparkling blue-green water that nourished humans, animals and plant life in the four countries it straddled: Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. The lake, on the edge of the mighty Sahara Desert, gave solace to people. Poems were written about it; celebrations were held on its banks.
But Lake Chad is now a speck of what it was five decades ago, measuring just 1,300 square kilometres."
Version en español: www.evren.es/halt-jucar/
The current pilot action funded by the EC (DG Environment) started with the signing of an agreement on 21 December 2011.
Video Promocional de la Caminata del Agua durante la Water Week Latinoamericana (Viña del Mar - Chile Marzo 2013): http://www.caminatawwla.com/
Safe water and sanitation transform women's lives, bringing more time, better health and improved dignity.
Watch WaterAid's film, Transforming women's lives, made for International Women's Day on 8 March!
Hosted by the NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE), in conjunction with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, this e-Conference will take place during the United Nations’ World Water Day on 22 March 2013 as part of the UN International Year for Water Cooperation.
Following from the first e-Conference in November 2012, the upcoming e-Conference will focus on the need for joint action towards water knowledge management, and challenges and problems that are being faced. Specific aims are to