SDG6 Clean Water and Sanitation
The burning of rice straw in the fields after the harvest is causing air pollution. In central Thailand's Suphanburi province, SN researchers are conducting assessments and raising awareness to prevent rice straw burning. But for farmers, it is not so easy to just halt the burning as they face a range of problems trying to transport the straw; it's just easier, less time consuming, and more economical to burn it before the next planting.
Uncertainty is central to the lives of people living along the Ayeyarwady River. Many local communities live with the knowledge that flash floods and river bank erosion can wash their houses and boats away. Many people find new places to move, as sometimes entire villages crumble under the river’s often changing courses. Local people talk about their lives and livelihoods in their shifting grounds near the Ayeyarwady River in the central region of Myanmar.
In the dry and arid central region of Myanmar, water for drinking and farming is scarce. Village communities eke out a living growing peanuts and sesame, walking or using bullock carts over long distances to get water for their homes and farms. Some communities have tried to dig ponds or install bore wells; others pay for water to those who own carts, to maintain their livelihoods and families. Climate risks are worsening the situation as dry seasons get longer and more intense; most young people are migrating to the cities.
City: Bauang City.
Country: Philippines.
Applied financing model: Public-private partnership (PPP).
City: Tangerang Selatan.
Country: Indonesia.
Applied financing model: National and local government budget and public-private partnership (PPP).
City: Sleman Regency.
Country: Indonesia.
Applied financing model: Local government budget for sanitation.
City: Luang Namtha.
Country: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).
Applied financing model: Loan.
City: Krong Kracheh.
Country: Cambodia.
Applied financing model: Grant and private investment.
City: Bitung City.
Country: Indonesia.
Applied financing model: National and local government budget and public-private partnership (PPP).
City: Bac Ninh.
Country: Viet Nam.
Applied financing model: Provincial or city budget or Build and Transfer option through the land exchange for infrastructure investment from the private sector.