As the United Nations marks the International Year of Forests, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine sign a convention to protect old growth forests across their shared Carpathian Mountains region.

http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2011/unisous083.html,
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?200432/Carpathian-forestry-protocol-to-protect-Europes-greatest-remaining-forest-treasures


Water shortages are affecting many in India, with 1.2 million in disadvantaged neighborhoods lacking water services and some in other areas only having the resource available less than two hours a day.

http://rt.com/news/water-boom-people-mumbai/