United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 24-Sep-2013 UN-backed report, ‘Economics of Land Degradation,’ debuts at world desertification conference, Namibia Adopting
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 5 Sept. 2013 UN-backed study says annual treated wastewater in North America roughly equals
United Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also announces brokered breakthrough to diagnose
United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health, Canada Global Environmental Facility IW:LEARN, Slovakia 25 July 2013 Sharing Nile’s vital flow through 11 nations, water
Global Water System Project, Bonn 19-May-2013 Bonn Declaration issued by ‘Water in the Anthropocene’ science conference: A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water handicap
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH, Hamilton, Canada) / UN-Water 22-Mar-2013, World Water Day / International Year of Water Cooperation Amid
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada 14 Nov 2012 Loss of mangroves to fish farms, other development, a poor economic trade-off
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada 23 Sep 2012 Study highlights horizon issues for world’s freshwater and marine systems A study
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada InterAction Council, Tokyo Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Canada 10-Sep-2012 World confronts serious water crisis,
6-Jul-2012 United Nations University ‘Urban mining’ deposits are 40 to 60 times richer than mined ore, experts tell 1st GeSI and StEP e-Waste Academy in
Earth System Science Partnership, Paris 28-Mar-2012 Brazil and India pay a high price for rapid economic growth, according to experts speaking at a major international
Earth System Science Partnership, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and long-term climate change and other
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 14-Feb-2012 The impact of unsafe water and sanitation on the death rates of children
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 16-Nov-2011 Sustainable coastal management, regional coordination and long-term, holistic viewpoint needed to protect fragile
United Nations University, Solving the E-waste Problem initiative 30-Oct-2011 Tests at a school beside an informal electronic waste salvage site in Ghana’s capital Accra reveal contamination
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 28 Jul 11 Continued reliance on a strategy of setting aside land and
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 11 Jul 2011 Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully
InterAction Council / United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health 20 March 2011 Water as an “urgent security issue” tops the agenda this
United Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) 1 May 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up international efforts to help curb
Canadian Water NetworkWaterloo, Ontario27-Feb-2011 $1 trillion global water market forecast for 2020; Global freshwater demand expected to exceed supply by 40 percent by 2030 Famed
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 6 Feb 2011 Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many
DIVERSITAS, Paris 29 Sep 2009 The world’s rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis to be published Sept. 30