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  1. Climate change, poverty and 'natural' disasters

    water resources, told the October 7 Hindustan Times. Dr Santosh Kumar of the National Institute of ... forest cover can help to soak up rainfall and slow water flows, as well as stabilising steep slopes at ... benefits for water security. Research suggests that for Melbourne, ending logging in water catchments could ...

  2. Ecuador: Indigenous, government clash over mining

    will cause environmental destruction and may result in water privatisation. They also believe the law ... to water and grants specific rights to the environment. The new law allows for the expansion of ... other. Correa has called for calm and assured protesters there are no plans to privatise water, saying ...

  3. Philippines: A call for grassroots flood aid

    and rescue family members from the raging waters." An October 5 statement from the KMU union ... health care and medicines, clean tap water and sanitation services." To help with grassroots relief ...

  4. Climate 'hell' predicted if action not taken

    monsoon, an irreplaceable water source for billions of people, the scientists said. The climate models ... "But now we realise the situation is much worse. The water will become so acidic it will actually ...

  5. Australia's oldest coalmine targeted

    given approval to mine directly under the Woronora water catchment for the next 20 years. Workshops at ...

  6. Malaysia: 'Give plantation workers a better deal'

    homes, water and electricity supply, business opportunities and loans on par with other races", he ...

  7. Activists plan hunger strikes for climate justice

    Simon Butler Climate change is deadly serious. Predicted water shortages, rising sea levels, crop ... He will go without food for more than 40 days, fasting on water only, to draw attention to the global ...

  8. Theatrical mockery of refugees

    refugees back into the water. Surviving refugees have said a lit cigarette caused the explosion. Despite ...

  9. NT walk-off: Indigenous community defies racist intervention

    in the protest camp, despite high temperatures, scarce water and fierce dust storms. Donald Thompson, ...