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Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal project: A catalog of worries (analysis)

As drought parches Mexico, a Yaqui water defender fights for a sacred river

Activists blame policy failures over climate change for Nepal Terai’s water crisis

‘Water grabs’ pose big threat to farmers amid water crises

An ancestral solution ensures water for Peruvian alpaca farmers, but is it enough?

In Brazil’s Cerrado, aquifers are losing more water than they can replace

Beyond deforestation, oil palm estates pose flood and water contamination risks

An ancient Indigenous lagoon system brings water back to a dry town in Ecuador

Indigenous communities along Argentina’s Río Chubut mobilize to conserve waterway

What’s at stake for the environment in Panama’s upcoming election?

Indigenous community fights to save its lands on Indonesia’s historic tin island

Rainwater reserves a tenuous lifeline for Sumatran community amid punishing dry season

Critics fear catastrophic energy crisis as AI is outsourced to Latin America

Java rice farmers suffer crop failure as copper mine pollutes local irrigation

Harsh dry season sours harvest prospects for Java coffee farmers

Locals at the mouth of the Amazon River get a salty taste of climate change

Controversy brews over proposed dam on Kathmandu’s Bagmati River

Andes community-led conservation curbs more páramo loss than state-protected area: Study

Maluku farmers sweat El Niño drought as Indonesia rice prices surge

Java’s crumbling coastline and rising tide swamp jasmine flower trade

In Mexico, Xalapa’s chronic water scarcity reflects a deepening national crisis

A Mekong island too tiny for industrial farming now points to Vietnam’s future

Extreme drought in western Pará pushes family farmers into agroforestry

With half its surface water area lost, an Amazonian state runs dry

Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change

Salty wells and lost land: Climate and erosion take their toll in Sulawesi

Colombian wind farm end-of-life raises circularity and Indigenous questions

The Cloud vs. drought: Water hog data centers threaten Latin America, critics say

More action needed to protect freshwater ecosystems, report says

A tale of two biomes as deforestation surges in Cerrado but wanes in Amazon

Vietnamese rice farmers go high-tech to anticipate a low-water future

Projects in Brazil’s Caatinga biome combine conservation and climate adaptation

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