Bernarda Claure* – Tierramérica
BAHÍA DE COHANA, Bolivia, Jun 7 2008 (IPS) – Nobody doubts that Lake Titicaca, a watershed and resource shared by Bolivia and Peru, is polluted. But a half-century after the two governments realised there was a problem there are still no detailed studies of the state of its waters.
Cattle drink from the Sewanka River, polluted with sewage from El Alto, Bolivia. Credit: Bernarda Claure
The six mo…
Zofeen Ebrahim*
KHARO CHAAN, Sindh, Feb 28 2009 (IPS) – Sitting on a rickety bench outside the dispensary of Dr. Abdul Jalil at Deh Bublo, Issa Mallah, a centenarian, watches the world go by. He says he comes to this city everyday to buy his groceries.
As Indus waters are diverted upstream, steady ingress of sea water into the delta has upset its delicate ecology. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS
Jalil is…