Combating Desertification and Drought

Large Dams “Highly Correlated” with Poor Water Quality

By Carey L. Biron
Large-scale dams are likely having a detrimental impact on water quality and biodiversity around the world, according to a new study that tracks and correlates data from thousands of projects.

Climate Policy Goes Hand-in-Hand with Water Policy

By Desmond Brown
Concerned that climate change could lead to an intensification of the global hydrological cycle, Caribbean stakeholders are working to ensure it is included in the region's plans for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).

OPINION: Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean Countries

By Jessica Faieta
Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries, I have witnessed firsthand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to challenges ranging from debt and unemployment to climate change and sea level rise.

When Land Restoration Works Hand in Hand with Poverty Eradication

By Stella Paul
Tugging at the root of a thorny shrub known as ‘juliflora’, which now dots the village of Chirmiyala in the Medak District of southern India’s Telangana state, a 28-year-old farmer named Ailamma Arutta tells IPS, “This is a curse that destroyed my land.”

Recurrent Cholera Outbreak in Far North Cameroon Highlights Development Gaps

By Monde Kingsley Nfor
Under a scorching sun, with temperatures soaring to over 40 degrees Celsius, Lara Adama’s family is forced to dig for water from a dried-out river bed in Dumai, in northern Cameroon. 

Island States to Rally Donors at Samoa Meet

By Desmond Brown
Amid accelerating climate change and other challenges, a major international conference in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa next month represents a key chance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean to turn the tide.

U.S. Waives Sanctions on Myanmar Timber

By Carey L. Biron
Civil society groups are split over a decision by the U.S. government to waive sanctions on Myanmar’s timber sector for one year.

Will Climate Change Lead to Conflict or Cooperation?

By Joel Jaeger
The headline of every article about the relationship between climate change and conflict should be “It’s complicated,” according to Clionadh Raleigh.

Forest Rights Offer Major Opportunity to Counter Climate Change

By Carey L. Biron
The international community is failing to take advantage of a potent opportunity to counter climate change by strengthening local land tenure rights and laws worldwide, new data suggests.

Caribbean Grapples with Intense New Cycles of Flooding and Drought

By Desmond Brown
As unpredictable weather patterns impact water availability and quality in St. Lucia, the Caribbean island is moving to build resilience to climate-related stresses in its water sector.

Mechanical Pumps Turning Oases into Mirages

By Cam McGrath
Using a hoe, farmer Atef Sayyid removes an earthen plug in an irrigation stream, allowing water to spill onto the parcel of land where he grows dates, olives and almonds.

At the Crucial Nexus of Water and Energy

By Jewel Fraser
Global institutions are still in the learning phase when it comes to successfully managing water and energy in an integrated manner as part of the quest for sustainable development.

VIDEO: Antigua Beats Drought with New Crop Varieties

By Desmond Brown

Adapting to a Dry Season That Never Seems to End

By Desmond Brown
The Caribbean region’s bid to become food secure is in peril as farmers struggle to produce staple crops under harsh drought conditions brought about by climate change.

Picture the World as a Desert

By Kanya D'Almeida
Try to imagine an expanse of barren land, stretching for miles, with no trace of greenery, not a single bough to cast a sliver of shade, or a trickle of water to moisten the parched earth. Now imagine that desert expanding by 12 million hectares a year. Why? Because it’s already happening.

Saving West Africa’s Last Intact Tropical Rainforest through Tourism

By Marc-Andre Boisvert
Jonas Sanhin Touan has big dreams. As he sits under a canopy, he greets the rare tourist to Gouleako, one of the many villages near the entrance of Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park, with a meal.

Uzbekistan’s Dying Aral Sea Resurrected as Tourist Attraction

By Adriane Lochner
"I’m going for a swim," says Pelle Bendz, a 52-year-old Swede, as he rummages in the jeep for his bathing trunks. The other tourists look at him, bewildered. What’s left of the Aral Sea is reputed to be a toxic stew, contaminated by pesticides and other chemicals.

Putting Climate Polluters in the Dock

By Desmond Brown
Can Caribbean governments take legal action against other countries that they believe are warming the planet with devastating consequences?

Costa Rican Farmers Become Climate Change Acrobats

By Diego Arguedas Ortiz
José Alberto Chacón traverses the winding path across his small farm on the slopes of the Irazú volcano, in Costa Rica, which meanders because he has designed it to prevent rain from washing away nutrients from the soil.

Shifting Rainy Season Wreaks Havoc on Barbuda’s Crops

By Desmond Brown
Water rationing has become a way of life for the 1,800 residents of the tiny island of Barbuda, which has been experiencing prolonged dry periods, especially in the Highlands area near the main agricultural lands.

Indoor Mini-Farms to Beat Climate Change

By Jewel Fraser
Industrial engineer Ancel Bhagwandeen thinks that growing your food indoors is a great way to protect crops from the stresses of climate change. So he developed a hydroponic system that “leverages the nanoclimates in houses so that the house effectively protects the produce the same way it protects us,” he says.
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