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Iran: Hydro-Politics Should Be On Agenda
November 14th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, interesting commentary on the importance of water and water politics in Iran: Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Iran should put hydro-politics on its agenda and even regard it much more important than hydro-politics overseas. Addressing the conference on ‘Challenges of Hydro-Politics for […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis
November 11th, 2016
Via Al Jazeera, a look at Iran’s water crisis: It is hard to imagine life without access to sufficient quantities of fresh water, but in some parts of the world, particularly the Middle East, that is becoming more than a theoretically disturbing possibility, as climate change, mass migration, environmental degradation, drought and political instability – […]
Read more »Climate, Human Influence Conspire In Lake Urmia’s Decline
November 11th, 2016
Via Terra Daily, an update on a new study looking at the decline of Iran’s Lake Urmia: The dramatic decline of Iran’s Lake Urmia – once the second-largest hypersaline lake in the world – has both direct human and climatic causes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. The […]
Read more »Iran, Australia Sign Water Management Pact
September 28th, 2016
Via MEHR News, a report on a new water management pact between Iran and Australia: Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian and the Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo in a meeting in Tehran signed a new cooperation pact on water management. Hamid Chitchian pointing to the signing of a memorandum of understanding […]
Read more »‘I am Lake Urmia’: A Social Media Initiative Focuses On Iran’s Environment
September 24th, 2016
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at how Iran’s Lake Urmia’s grim destiny reflects a wider trend of enviromental problems in Iran, including an over-reliance on dams, extreme weather patterns, climatic changes, poor irrigation practices and unregulated use of water: Long tucked away behind the mountains of northwest Iran, Lake Urmia is becoming a national symbol of environmental […]
Read more »Water Pressure Plummets In Tehran
September 13th, 2016
Via Al Monitor, a report on how – after years of warnings about an impending water crisis – Tehranis are experiencing dramatic drops in water pressure and now face the likely prospect of water rationing: Iran has been threatened by a water crisis for years, a situation that is being worsened by the mismanagement of scarce water […]
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