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Risk-informed water governance, a critical tool to avert hunger and conflict

23 March 2023

World leaders are currently coming together in New York from 22 – 24 March for the first water UN Water Conference in more than 40 years: their aim, to avert a global water crisis. But for farmers in Eastern Africa facing catastrophic food insecurity due to the sixth failed rainy season, or pastoralists who have lost over eleven million animals since drought started in 2020, the crisis is already here.

Ancestral land dispute resolved, Johor tribe to be resettled

Members of the Orang Asli Seletar tribe with their lawyers at the Court of Appeal this morning.

Ancestral land dispute resolved, Johor tribe to be resettled

12 January 2023

An Orang Asli Seletar tribe in Johor, whose ancestral land was taken and sold to developers, will be relocated on new land to be gazetted for their settlement.

Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits

Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits

03 January 2023

Shares of a private company with the rights to develop tourism facilities within a marine reserve in Indonesia have reappeared for auction later this month despite the government’s plan to annul an agreement with the firm.

Vietnam steps up South China Sea land reclamation

Pearson Reef, a rock located in the Spratly Islands

Vietnam steps up South China Sea land reclamation

16 December 2022

Vietnam has accelerated its island building in the South China Sea where China has fully militarized three of its artificial islands, with Hanoi reclaiming about 80% of new land in the last year, a new study found.

Malaysia GE15: Penang’s controversial land reclamation project weighing on voters’ minds

Fishermen arriving back at Kampung Sungei Batu with the catch of the day

Malaysia GE15: Penang’s controversial land reclamation project weighing on voters’ minds

11 November 2022

Voters in Penang are concerned about the upcoming general election and how the result would affect their future through a possible land reclamation project

Cambodia’s elites swallow up Phnom Penh’s lakes, leaving the poor marooned

07 October 2022

Lakes in Phnom Penh are fast being filled in and parceled off as prime real estate to wealthy and politically connected individuals.
Families who have for generations fished and practiced aquaculture on the lakes and surrounding wetlands face eviction and the loss of livelihoods.
At the same time, experts warn that filling in these natural rainwater reservoirs risks exacerbating flood intensity and damage in the Cambodian capital.
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network where Gerald Fl

As More Land Turns to Desert, Fights Erupt Over Water

17 August 2022

There are too many animals for the available water supply in the Gobi desert region. The situation worsens each year.

Main photo: Bolortuya Bekh-Ochir, right, and Jargalsuren Tungalagzaya fill a trough with water for a herd of goats in Mongolia's Gobi desert region (URANCHIMEG TSOGKHUU, GPJ MONGOLIA)

India's women water warriors transform parched lands

30 June 2022

Main banner photo: India is struggling to meet the water needs of its 1.4 billion people -- a problem worsening as climate change makes weather patterns more unpredictable SANJAY KANOJIA AFP

Chhatarpur (India) – As the monsoon storms bear down on India, a dedicated group of women hope that after years of backbreaking labour, water shortages will no longer leave their village high and dry.

Drying Out African Lands: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa

15 March 2022

As the escalating climate crisis threatens access to water for millions across Africa, Drying Out African Lands: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa unveils the devastating impact of large-scale agricultural plantations on the right to water on the continent.

As Indonesia retakes land from developers, conservation is an afterthought

08 February 2022

President Joko Widodo’s administration announced last week that it was cancelling millions of hectares worth of logging, plantation and mining concessions.
Environmental activists say this presents an opportunity to conserve these lands, which cover a combined area larger than Belgium, by redistributing them to local and Indigenous communities, and protecting areas still home to rainforest.
However, some senior government officials say the concessions should be reissued to other companies to develop, and indicate that lands redistributed to

River Rwizi on the verge of drying up

The river is currently drying up and the water levels gradually dropping thus turning into a shallow stream which can even be crossed on foot. PHOTO/COLLEB MUGUME

River Rwizi on the verge of drying up

12 September 2021

River Rwizi is located in Ankole Sub-region, western Uganda. River Rwizi, which covers approximately 8,200km, is the source of water for livelihood to both people and animals in Rakai, Lyantonde, Isingiro, Lwengo, Kiruhura, Mbarara, Bushenyi, Buhweju, Sheema and Rubirizi.

The river is served by many swamps that include, Nyakafumura part of Mushasha water catchment and Kanyabukanja wetland. These swamps serve as water reservoirs or catchments that release water slowly to the river to serve communities around.

Avocados’ potential to cut poverty

22 August 2021

Dar es Salaam. Avocado is a fruit crop that thrives in many parts of Tanzania, with the possibility of using it to free Tanzanians from abject poverty and improve families’ levels of nutrition.

Mbeya, Njombe, Songwe, Iringa, Tanga, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Kigoma, Kagera, Katavi and Morogoro are popular regions for avocado production in the land.

A report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that 19,449 tonnes of avocados were produced in 2016/17.