Veronika Jaglova: Europe’s Water Challenges |
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 Veronika Jaglova, Water Director at the Czech Ministry of the Environment, speaks about Europe’s water policy. |
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Doubts Emerge as Europe Tests Common Waters |
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The European Union may soon boast a long-awaited common water policy, but experts worry about the flexibility of the Water Framework Directive – the EU’s main document of water legislation. |
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Water Allocations for Californian Farmers Increased, But Only Somewhat |
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Farmers south of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can expect to receive about 10 percent of their federally allocated water this spring |
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World’s Largest Rivers Are Losing Water, New Study Says |
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One-third of the 925 rivers analyzed from 1948 to 2004 have showed “significant changes” in water levels. |
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Drought Strikes ‘Garden Of Eden’ Marshes In Iraq |
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Once described as the place of earthly paradise and source of life, the “Garden of Eden” marshes in southern Iraq threaten to become a cracked relic of a dying nature. |
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Climate Chaos Reveals Pattern: Africa’s Sahel Region Faces Recurrent Megadroughts |
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When in 1968 Garrett Hardin published in the Science journal his “Tragedy of the Commons” – the dilemma in which individuals self-interestedly exploit and destroy shared resources – Africa’s Sahel region had already endured a major heat stroke in the drought of 1914. |
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New Report: Turbid Water Stirs Up Future of Insecurity for Asia |
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Asia faces unprecedented water challenges, experts say, but solutions are within reach. |
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The Smoke of Change: Indigenous Colombians Pray for Water Conservation |
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More than 40 years ago, Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez founded in prose the fictional village of Macondo along the shores of a river of clear water |
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More Than Bugs & Bunnies: Evaporating Okeechobee a Matter of Life and Death |
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Tempers flare across Florida as dry conditions persist — perfect weather for the state’s most pernicious parasite: worry. |
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A Longer, Dryer Lent: Mexico City Authorities Keep Taps Closed during Easter Holidays |
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While Pope Benedict XVI prepares to sprinkle holy water during the Easter Mass on Sunday, millions of residents in Mexico’s capital brace for dry taps during the rest of Holy Week. |
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