Speaking of rivers...

Water as a fundamental human right (Economist):

"This week...the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its annual report on human development.

It denounces the world's complacent disregard for such unglamorous subjects as standpipes, latrines and the 1.8m children who die each year from diarrhoea because the authorities cannot keep their drinking water separate from their faeces. The study is both coldly analytical and angry..."

This report is a step forward. Vandana Shiva and other pioneers in water protection deserve some credit.