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Environment 3 years ago
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Iraq's Garden of Eden now 'like a desert'
The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq's swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced water flows along rivers and tributaries originating in neighbouring Turkey and Iran.
Indonesia 4 years ago
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Jakarta plans to ban some groundwater extraction. Not so fast, experts say
The Jakarta administration is considering a plan to restrict groundwater use to prevent the capital city from sinking further, but experts say the administration needs to provide equitable water access to the population before enacting such a policy.
City 5 years ago
Jakarta urged to move with tap water remunicipalization plan despite court ruling
Jakarta’s water privatization should remain unlawful despite a case review ruling approved by the Supreme Court in 2018 that canceled the previous citizen lawsuit against the Jakarta Administration and private water operators amid sluggish progress by the administration in its remunicipalization plan, experts have said.
Opinion 5 years ago
No one left behind: Handwashing saves lives
An elderly woman in Sumbawa regency said that, without the health worker who came to her house to explain about COVID-19 and teach her how to wash her hands correctly during critical times, she would not know that this behavior was important for her survival.
City 5 years ago
Public questions transparency in Jakarta’s tap water service takeover
More than a year after Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan promised to take over the management of the capital's tap water supply from private operators, residents and civil society groups are demanding transparency in the handover process.
