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Drought Intensifies Iran-Afghan Dispute over Water Resources
August 2nd, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a look at water tension between Iran and Afghanistan that is at risk of boiling over: Iran is currently facing its worst drought in fifty years, with nearly half the population likely to face severe water shortages. The situation in Afghanistan is also dire, with a 60per cent shortfall in rain and snow during winter; […]
Read more »Dams in Africa: Balancing Food, Water and Energy Security
August 2nd, 2018
Courtesy of Future Directions International, a comprehensive report on dams in Africa: Key Points Electrification rates are low across Africa, with electricity demand much larger than supply. The continent holds enormous hydroelectric potential, less than ten per cent of which is exploited. Two countries in particular, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have […]
Read more »Making Of A Water Crisis: How A Colonial Dream Ran Morocco Dry
August 2nd, 2018
Via Dissent Magazine, commentary on Morocco’s water crisis: Last fall, the residents of Zagora, a Moroccan city on the edge of the Sahara, decided they were fed up with the watermelons. Plagued for years by water shortages, they pointed a finger at the prosperous, export-oriented fruit farms outside the city for hogging their wells. In […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Untapped Water Potential
July 28th, 2018
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on Afghanistan’s water potential: Afghanistan is at the cross roads of Asia. Dubbed as the “Gateway to South Asia”, historically, Afghanistan provided land access to invaders from distant lands during their onward march towards the Indian sub-continent. A land of gardens and orchards, deserts and mountains, and highlands and plains, […]
Read more »War For Water? Iraq, Syria, and Turkey To Fight Next Over Rivers?
July 27th, 2018
Via Newsweek, a look at water tension in the Middle East: The next war in the Middle East could be fought over water as Iraq, Syria and Turkey scramble to assert claims to two vital rivers that run through the region, according to a new report. Nabil al-Samman, a Syrian expert on international waters, made the case for […]
Read more »Water Wars of Arizona
July 20th, 2018
Courtesy of The New York Times, a detailed look at the battle between industrial agriculture and communities over scarce water in America’s southwest: Early one morning in July 2014, Lori Paup awoke in her new home in the Sulphur Springs Valley of Arizona and began unpacking boxes of clothes, hanging photographs and prepping the day’s […]
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