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Locals fight to save ‘a piece of the sea’ in Venezuela’s Andes

Threatened cloud forests key to billions of dollars worth of hydropower: Report

Five pressing questions for the future of lithium mining in Bolivia

Blue jeans: An iconic fashion item that’s costing the planet dearly

Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust

Avocado farming is threatening Colombia’s natural water factory

“Largest of its kind” dam in Cameroon faces backlash from unimpressed fishmongers

Putting a price on water: Can commodification resolve a world water crisis?

Haiti: An island nation whose environmental troubles only begin with water

Latest water-sharing deal between Bangladesh, India is ‘drop in the ocean’

Climate change hits northern Mexico, as officials look to solve water crisis

Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’

Drought-beset South African city taps aquifer, shirks long-term solutions: Critics

Water-stressed Bangladesh looks to recharge its fast-depleting aquifers

Beyond boundaries: Earth’s water cycle is being bent to breaking point

Indigenous agroforestry dying of thirst amid a sea of avocados in Mexico

‘Water grab’: Big farm deals leave small farmers out to dry, study shows

In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest

Better deep-bore wells aim to stop Indonesia’s groundwater waste

Freshwater planetary boundary “considerably” transgressed: New research

Protecting water by conserving forests puts communities in Mexico to the test

As climate-driven drought slams farms in U.S. West, water solutions loom

From flood to drought, Brazil’s Acre state swings between weather extremes

As populations grow, how will thirsty cities survive their drier futures?

A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security

Cerrado desertification: Savanna could collapse within 30 years, says study

Study puts 2050 deadline on tipping point for Mekong Delta salinity

Amazon and Cerrado deforestation, warming spark record drought in urban Brazil

Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems

Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns

Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say

Ecuadoran water fund transforms consumers into conservationists

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