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When The Water Ends: Africa’s Climate Conflicts
Courtesy of Yale’s e360 blog, a  report and video on how water scarcity and drought has led to increasing conflict [...]
Lake Balkhash: Becoming A Second Aral Sea?
Courtesy of Window on Eurasia, an interesting report on the possibility that – as a Russian commentator recently stated – [...]
Geopolitics of Aquifer Management
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how new agreements may offer hope to better aquifer management among nation states.  [...]
The New Oil: A Race To Buy The World’s Water?
Via Newsweek, a report on the race to “buy up the world’s water”.  While the author may not agree fully [...]
Egypt Boosts Investment & Cooperation In Ethiopia To Help Release Water Tension
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report that Egypt’s increased investments in Ethiopia may help defuse rising tensions over Nile [...]
The (In)Fertile Crescent?
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the increasingly dire situation facing Syria and Iraq due to shortages [...]

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