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Category Archives: dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks
Effect of small dams on environment (Science Daily)
Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530095018.htm Small Dams On Chinese River Harm Environment More Than Expected, Study Finds May 30, 2013 — A fresh look at the environmental impacts of dams on an ecologically diverse and partially protected river in China found … Continue reading
Hydroelectric Dam Along the Tigris River (Green prophet)
Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/04/tracking-the-impacts-of-a-hydroelectric-dam-along-the-tigris-river/ Tracking the Impacts of a Hydroelectric Dam Along the Tigris River by Julia Harte Upstream hydroelectric dams have already inhibited the recovery of Iraq’s legendary Mesopotamian Marshes. A massive dam currently under construction in Turkey may … Continue reading
Kenyans and Ethiopians face conflict, hunger due to dam (AlertNet)
Read at : http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/half-a-million-kenyans-and-ethiopians-face-conflict-hunger-due-to-dam-report Half a million Kenyans and Ethiopians face conflict, hunger due to dam – report Source: Alertnet // Katy Migiro The Gibe III dam will stop the Omo River’s natural flood, on which the tribes depend Half … Continue reading
Project to halt desertification (Google / Al-Shorfa)
Read at : http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/meii/newsbriefs/2013/04/10/newsbrief-05 Iraq completes project to halt desertification The Iraqi government announced Wednesday (April 10th) it completed a 12 billion Iraqi dinar ($10.4 million) project to halt desertification in nine provinces. The one-and-a-half year project involved digging wells, … Continue reading
Posted in dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks, Desertification
Desertification of Lake Chad (Google / The Star)
Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/06/when_the_desert_devours_the_lake.html When the desert devours the lake Desertification is a growing problem in Africa and other parts of the world, and will cause more conflict and food insecurity as climate change spurs it … Continue reading
Posted in dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks, Desertification
Resilient agriculture, water reservoirs crucial for Pakistan (AlertNet)
Read at : http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/resilient-agriculture-water-reservoirs-crucial-for-pakistan-scientists Resilient agriculture, water reservoirs crucial for Pakistan – scientists By Waqar Mustafa LAHORE, Pakistan (AlertNet) – Leading climate scientists in Pakistan have called for the development of high-temperature-tolerant, climate-resilient, genetically modified crops and the construction of … Continue reading
Convention says no to mega-dams in Manipur (E-PAO)
Read at : http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=9..180313.mar13 Dams, Rivers And Peoples : Serious Concerns Raised Convention says no to mega dams Source: The Sangai Express Imphal, March 17 2013 : A convention held today at Hotel Imphal here on the topic ‘Dams, Rivers … Continue reading
Stop desertification by construction of big dams (E-PAO)
Read at : http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=19..180313.mar13 ‘Desertification by dams be stopped’ Source: Hueiyen News Service Imphal, March 17 2013 : A State Convention on ‘Dams, Rivers and Peoples in Manipur’ held at Imphal Hotel here today resolved to stop desertification of human … Continue reading
Posted in dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks, Desertification, Water
‘Sand dams’ bank water for dry season (AlertNet)
Read at : http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/sand-dams-bank-water-for-dry-season-in-semi-arid-kenya ‘Sand dams’ bank water for dry season in semi-arid Kenya Source: Alertnet // Isaiah Esipisu Barely a month after heavy rains pounded Kenya, many seasonal rivers in the country’s semi-arid east are already drying up, and … Continue reading
How to save the shrinking Lake Chad ? (IPS)
Read at : http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/02/saving-a-shrinking-lake/ Saving a Shrinking Lake By Ngala Killian Chimtom Bordered by Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, Lake Chad once spanned 25,000 square kilometres but in the last half century it has shrunk by 90 percent. Credit: Mustapha … Continue reading
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