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Unrealistic approach killing rural sanitation programme in India
English | April 2007, by CSE (Centre for Science and Environment), SINGH Karan Manveer

40% of rural India now has officially access to sanitation. But what is the reality that lies behind this figure? "Humne khule mein shauch jaane ki pratha chhod di hai (We have stopped defecating in the open)”. Painted against a whitewashed wall of the primary school in Baruki village, Uttar (…)
Together to find solutions for the water problem in the mountains
English | October 2006, by ALMEDIO, ARNALTE Laura

Small scale farmers in Lesotho are becoming organized and creating networks in order to find solutions together to overcome problems such as scarcity of water, the main resource of the mountainous country. Water, the export that does not reach Basotho small farmers Lesotho is the only (…)
Eco-Parks for Sewage Treatment
English | January 2002, by SINHA Sureshwar D.

Natural techniques for the treatment of waste water are not expensive and very successful. Urban decay due to ineffective treatment of sewage It is now widely recognized that the lack of adequate treatment of waste water in urban areas, particularly in the developing world where migration to (…)
Environmental impact in Brazil
English | December 1997, by ICSF (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers), SHARMA Chandrika

In Brazil, traditional fishermen are today confronted with problems created by, among other things, the construction of large dams and other developmental projects, water pollution by mining activities, the invasion of lakes and rivers by industrial fishing boats, and by the establishment of (…)