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Six months after Cyclone Nargis devastated parts of southern Burma, survivors are showing a determination to rebuild their lives.

Environment correspondent Richard Black's diary of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, which is being held in Barcelona, Spain.

Drought is adding to Palestinian frustrations over the control of water resources in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, reports the BBC's Wyre Davies.

Water scarcity is a leading cause of food shortages and environmental decline - so why is it ignored?

A severe drought makes Spain's environmental debate more heated than ever, Sue Lloyd-Roberts reports.

Centuries of knowledge needed to survive in the world's drylands are being sacrificed in the name of progress.

The BBC's Wyre Davies on the key issue underlying any peace talks on the Golan Heights, the areas water supply

The mayor withdraws a legal challenge to a desalination plant in a deal that hopes cut traffic congestion.

Water shortages are making waves all over the world. In the city-state Singapore, they have boiled it down to economics.

The BBC News website looks at the Middle Eastern countries that have or are believed to have nuclear programmes - civilian or military.

BBC Radio 4's A Sun Parched Country discovers how Australian cities are becoming world leaders in managing water demand.

Middle Eastern and North African leaders should invest now if they want to avoid a future water crisis, the World Bank says.

The Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi starts building what it says is the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste car-free city.

Could the UK soon be importing solar power from huge installations in North Africa?

France agrees a number of lucrative accords with Libya as Col Gaddafi makes his first visit to France since 1973.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is to visit France next week for the first time in more than 30 years.

The BBC's Nick Bryant looks at Australia's attitude to climate change and why the country is signing up to the Kyoto Protocol.

Bangladeshi ex-patriots living in the UK raise almost £300,000 for the cyclone-hit country.

A company which harnesses wave power to produce electricity has unveiled plans to float in London.

A water company's plans to ensure water supply for the next 25 years include asking customers to use less.

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