This is the second volume in the new series on the Values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes produced by the Protected Landscapes Task Force of IUCN
Saudi Arabia has given Morocco $100 million in flood relief after flash floods made thousands of people homeless, Moroccan officials said on Tuesday.
In October, floods caused by the most rainfall in 35 years killed 28 people and left thousands homeless, the interior ministry said.
(Reporting by Lamine Ghanmi; Editing by Catherine Bosley)
Here the authors report the first worldwide reconnaissance study of the presence and occurrence of pesticides in fruit-based soft drinks. While there are strict regulations and exhaustive controls for pesticides in fruits, vegetables, and drinking water, scarce attention has been paid to highly consumed derivate products, which may contain these commodities as ingredients.
Flash floods from heavy rains in northern Morocco killed 11 people overnight when their homes collapsed, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
It said all the victims were in Driouch hamlet in Nador province, 500 km (300 miles) north of Rabat.
At least 25 people were killed in several Moroccan provinces in the past two weeks in floods triggered by heavy rains, according to local media.
Mideast Can Avert Impending Water Crisis - World Bank MOROCCO: April 11, 2008 RABAT - The Middle East is overusing limited water resources and the amount of water available per head will halve by 2050, leading to social strains as more people quit the countryside, the World Bank said on Thursday. But a crisis can still be averted if governments seize the opportunity to repair water networks, build new infrastructure including desalination plants and educate people not to waste limited resources, according to a report by the bank.
HANOI: Rising prices and a growing fear of scarcity have prompted some of the world's largest rice producers to announce drastic limits on the amount of rice they export. The price of rice, a staple in the diets of nearly half the world's population, has almost doubled on international markets in the last three months. That has pinched the budgets of millions of poor Asians and raised fears of civil unrest.
The southern Mediterranean region faces one of the most important water crises in the world. The combination of aridity, foreign dependency, climate change, misallocation of the resources and escalating human demand make water supply a primary issue for health, economy and poverty reduction. In this context, institutional reform of the water supply sector is of great interest. The aim of this study is to examine the water regulatory framework in southern Mediterranean countries and the development of private sector participation in the context of water crisis.
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