Richel Langit-DursinJAKARTA, Jul 12 2007 (IPS) - Used plastic bottles and sun rays are all that the impoverished residents of Bintaro, South Jakarta, need for their families to have clean…
Thalif DeenSTOCKHOLM, Aug 15 2007 (IPS) - A top United Nations official has learned through personal experience what it is like to live without safe drinking water during her visits…
Raúl GutiérrezSAN SALVADOR, Sep 11 2007 (IPS) - After several years delay, authorities in El Salvador are about to permanently close down the unofficial open-air rubbish dumps that have polluted…
Milagros SalazarLIMA, Oct 8 2007 (IPS) - The Peruvian state will repay a longstanding debt to indigenous people in the country s Amazon region by including them in a national…
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