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Iraq’s Wetlands: Drying Up Again
September 18th, 2017
Via The Economist, an article on how war and dysfunctional politics threaten Iraq’s marshlands: THE recovery of southern Iraq’s marshlands is arguably one of the great environmental triumphs of recent times. Reduced to dust and withered reeds when Saddam Hussein drained them to flush out rebels in the 1990s, the wetlands once again buzz with […]
Read more »Iran and Afghanistan To Jointly Restore Hamun Lake
September 13th, 2017
Via The Iran Project, a report on plans by Iran and Afghanistan to launch joint project to restore Hamun Lake: Tehran and Kabul are preparing a joint strategic plan aimed at restoring Hamun Lake, which lies in the Iran-Afghanistan border, an Iranian official said. Head of the Wetlands Office of the Iranian Department of Environment, Arezoo […]
Read more »In Pakistan, Arsenic-Laced Water Puts Millions At Risk
September 13th, 2017
Via WorldCrunch, a report on the tragedy unfolding with Pakistan’s water supply: In vintage crime novels, there is often someone murdered by slow poisoning, and arsenic has been a common weapon of choice. It works the same way in your body — slowly killing you — if it is present in the water you drink beyond a […]
Read more »Running Out of Water: Conflict and Water Scarcity in Yemen and Syria
September 12th, 2017
Via the Atlantic Council, an article on conflict and water scarcity in Yemen and Syria: Photo: People gather around a charity tanker truck to fill up their jerrycans with drinking water in Bajil of the Red Sea province of Hodeidah, Yemen July 29, 2017. Water scarcity may not be the most apparent driver of conflict, […]
Read more »Federal Court Stalls Las Vegas Water Grab
September 9th, 2017
Via Summit County Citizens Voice, a report on a planned $15.5 billion project that some feel would deplete aquifers and springs in the eastern Nevada desert, pumping it more than 250 miles south to metropolitan Las Vegas: A federal court has at least temporarily stifled a major water grab in Nevada, finding that the Bureau of […]
Read more »Tobruk Water Crisis Leading To Increasing Instability and Extremist Group Expansion
August 30th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on the Libyan city of Tobruk that is experiencing increasing societal, political and economic pressures due to severe water shortages: The Libyan city of Tobruk is one of many across the Middle East and North Africa region that is experiencing increasing societal, political and economic pressures due to severe […]
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