Water impacts on communities' lifestyles and economic wellbeing, through such things as the water footprint of individuals and business. ... The world's fresh water available is under 3 per cents, other than this is seawater and water that cannot be consumed. From this 3 per cent, 2.5 per cents of fresh water is frozen and mostly amassed in the Antarctica, in the Arctic and glaciers, and unreachable by human. ... Thus, the need of water is increasingly huge. ... In most of the state governments have carried out some policies to restrict water use due to water scarcity. ...

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For a sustained production of food, it is imperative to have ample fertile land, fresh water, energy and biodiversity etc.. ... The shortage of productive cropland combined with decreasing land productivity is, on the other hand, responsible for the use of more chemical fertilizers and ultimately to the pollution of our fresh groundwater reserves. Fresh water for everyone is utopia one may say. As water demands grow with a growing population, our available "drinkable" water is shrinking in quantity and quality. ... Furthermore, developing countries face the problem of water related diseases ...

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These forests provide habitat for an estimated half of the world's plant and animal species, provide water and fuel for much of the world's population, and influence regional and global climate. ... Water supplies are threatened virtually worldwide with depletion and pollution. ... The solution must come from better land use and the protection of critical watershed vegetation, along with water conservation and recycling. ... The maintenance of essential ecological processes (which rain from the global cycles of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water to the localized regeneration of s...

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An example of this is the decrease in fish in Cambodia due to unfit bodies of water. ... This leaves Cambodia deprived of healthy water, food, and a strong economy. ... The temperature not only kills crops but dries the land of its water causing droughts. ... Whilst sources of water are available Cambodians take immediate action and store this water in any way they can for when the dry season comes. They also have learned to dig holes to water level in order to get fresh drinking water without waiting for rain to supply them (Wight). ...

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"The Indian government is aware of its need to take advantage of "GMO" crops given the need to conserve land and water resources, but there is significant political opposition to allowing foreign multinationals to control Indian agriculture. ...

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Among the potential risks for the human's health we can list: a) toxicity: in 1983 in Spain hundreds of people died after consumption of the GM rapeseed oil, b) tumor risk increase, c) allergies caused by the foreign proteins in the GM products: approximately 2% adults and 5% children suffer from the allergies caused by the GM food, d) outcrossing: transfer of the modified genes from the GM plants to another body, e) lesser nutritious: GM food very often seems to be fresh. ... Other disadvantages of GMO are: increase of the overproduction in high-expanded countries, new form of the b...

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Karibu ! That is a word that many a visitor will hear as soon as they arrive in Kenya. Kenya, the land of great sceneric beauty and friendly people, lies in the eastern part of Africa. It borders Ethiopia, Uganda, Sudan, Somalia and Tanzania. It also borders the Indian ocean and Lake Victoria. It...

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