ACTIVITIES - NEWS
‘The water table is dropping all over the world’: NASA warns we’re on the path to global drought
June 18, 2015
Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water. It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday.
Earth's groundwater being drained at rapid rate: Study
June 17, 2015
Human activity is leading to the rapid draining of about one third of the planet's largest underground water reserves and it is unclear how much fluid remains in them, two new studies have found.
Focusing on Air Quality Could Prevent 2.1 Million Deaths Per Year
June 17, 2015
Improving air quality — in clean and dirty places — could potentially avoid millions of pollution-related deaths each year. Outdoor particulate air pollution results in 3.2 million premature deaths annually, more than the combined impact of HIV-AIDS and malaria.
Asia – climate change battleground
June 16, 2015
Asia and the Pacific is exceptionally vulnerable to climate risks, yet it is also fast becoming the world’s biggest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, and this is the climate paradox of a region where the global fight against climate change will ultimately be won or lost.
Decade of drought: a global tour of seven recent water crises
June 15, 2015
With a chronic overuse of resources, it only takes a few bad rainfalls or poor management decisions to plunge a region into crisis.
With a chronic overuse of resources, it only takes a few bad rainfalls or poor management decisions to plunge a region into crisis.
Legionella pneumophila Seminar - Increase Awareness of the Unpredictable Pathogen
June 12, 2015
CKNet
was invited to attend a seminar on Legionella pneumophila on June 9, 2015 at
The Sultan Hotel, Jakarta. The seminar was hosted by WLN Indonesia in
collaboration with KWR and WMD. The main purpose of this seminar is to increase
awareness of this disease.
Discussing Green Growth at the Indonesia Green Infrastructure Summit
June 09, 2015
Indonesia
has shown solid growth over the past decade, with the country’s GDP almost
doubling between 2001 and 2012. However, this growth has resulted in
significant environmental degradation and accelerated depletion of Indonesia’s
natural resource.
Biggest Lakes in the World Under Pressure From Human and Environmental Threats
June 07, 2015
Across continents and hemispheres, a growing list of human and environmental pressures threaten the world’s largest lakes, inhibiting their ability to supply water, drive economic activity, preserve biodiversity, and sustain communities.
Hotels, Yogya Residents Fight over Groundwater
June 07, 2015
The increasing number of hotel and apartment constructions in Yogyakarta
has been triggering social conflicts as the local residents are mostly
relying on their water well as the water sources.
Sanitation in Papua Rated the Worst Nationwide
June 05, 2015
Papua has been named as the province with the worst sanitation in Indonesia, garnering a score of 45 while the national average is 75, due to unhealthy lifestyle habits and a lack of clean water.
Papua has been named as the province with the worst sanitation in Indonesia, garnering a score of 45 while the national average is 75, due to unhealthy lifestyle habits and a lack of clean water.
