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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
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
Nanotechnology could help make drinking water safe, but the risks have to be weighed, say Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe.
25 October 2007
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Source: Nature Nanotechnology
Biofuel crops could drain developing world dry
10 May 2007
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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
UAE academy to tackle regional water shortages
The United Arab Emirates has opened a new academy to tackle water shortages and facilitate training in water resources management.
18 July 2008
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Researchers map risk of arsenic contamination
Researchers have created maps highlighting areas at risk from groundwater arsenic contamination in South-East Asia and Bangladesh.
Clay filters clean up in Sri Lanka
15 July 2008
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Source: IRIN
Sanitation 'crucial' for tackling water-borne disease
1 July 2008
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