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Halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 is a UN Millennium Development Goal. But equally important are issues of agricultural water management and multilateral water treaties.
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Opinions and Analysis
Environment and health sectors must work together
A meeting of African scientists and ministers on the environment's impact on health is welcome, if long overdue, says an editorial in The Lancet.
27 August 2008
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Source: The Lancet
Invest in water for farming, or the world will go hungry
Super crops won't be enough — the planet will run short of food by 2030 unless we invest to avoid an imminent world water crisis, says Colin Chartres.
Risk research needed for water nanotechnology
25 October 2007
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Source: Nature Nanotechnology
Policy Briefs
People, deserts and drylands in the developing world
Growing dryland populations are depleting their natural resources, while increasingly-settled agriculture ignores the traditional knowledge needed to tackle future uncertainties, says David Thomas.
1 October 2006
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Improving access to water in deserts and drylands
With water scarcity already affecting over a billion people, dryland populations should combine traditional and modern knowledge to manage water access sustainably, says Theib Oweis.
26 September 2006
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News and Features
Thinning glaciers 'endangering South Asian water supply
Glaciers in the Himalayas may not only be retreating but also thinning, leading to depleted water supplies in the next decades.
Safe water and sanitation 'key' to reducing poverty
A UN University report says safe water supplies and sanitation are the most important factors in addressing poverty and health problems.
