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World Water Week opens with discussions on water’s role in peace, economic development, and public health
High level panel explores the impact of politics and power on transboundary waters; SIWI releases a primer on effective cooperation in transboundary basins. The 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm formally opened with a plenary session addressing key facets of the week’s central theme of Responding to Global Changes: Accessing Water for the Common Good. Most of the more than 2000 participants now gathered in Stockholm were on hand to hear leaders in science, government, and civil society challenge the world to think in new ways about the role of water in peace, economic development, and public ... |
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Water reform urgently needed in Asia to feed extra 1.5bn people by 2050, says new report
A comprehensive new study of irrigation in Asia warns that, without major reforms and innovations in the way water is used for agriculture, many developing nations face the politically risky prospect of having to import more than a quarter of the rice, wheat and maize they will need by 2050. This warning, along with related forecasts and possible solutions, appear in a report entitled, “Revitalizing Asia’s Irrigation: To Sustainably Meet Tomorrow’s Food Needs”, which was presented today at 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm by the International Water Management ... |
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