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Water Fight?
July 6th, 2009
Via Canada’s Macleans’ magazine, an interesting article on the likelihood of forthcoming water fights over an increasingly scarce resource: Every few days, another farmer commits suicide in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, the agricultural heartland. Many, according to Australian evolutionary biologist Tim Flannery, haven’t had any water in almost four years—in places, the allocation of irrigation water […]
Read more »Diminishing Water Resources Threaten Peace In Africa
May 30th, 2009
Via The Washington Times, a look at how diminishing water resources threaten peace, particularly in Africa. As the report notes: “…A dispute over a one-acre island in Lake Victoria that has fueled talk of war between Kenya and Uganda is but one instance of increasing conflict over shrinking water resources throughout Africa. Such conflicts pit […]
Read more »Water Wars: Myth or Reality?
May 26th, 2009
Via SFGate.com, another look at water wars by Peter Gleick of The Pacific Institute. As the article notes, while he does note agree with the term ‘water wars’, he certainly can identify strong and clear connections between water and conflict: “…There has been a lot of discussion about “water wars,” a term that sounds great, […]
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May 16th, 2009
Via Seed Magazine, several experts’ interesting views on the prospect of potential water wars in the future: “…In 2007 an 18-month study of Sudan by the UN Environment Program concluded that the conflict in Darfur had its roots in climate change and water shortages. According to the report, disappearing pasture and evaporating water holes—rainfall is […]
Read more »Increasing Need For Hydroplomacy In Asia
May 8th, 2009
Via Radio Australia, a very interesting interview of Suzanne Dimaggio of the Asia Society on the increasing pressure of water scarcity in Asia. As the article notes: SUZANNE DIMAGGIO: Well, I think the Central Asian water summit is one of the harbingers of what’s to come – growing disagreement over how to share water resources. […]
Read more »Sachs: Water Shortages Spur Conflicts
April 28th, 2009
Via The Gulf Times, an interesting article on the tendency for water shortages to spur conflicts. Pulled from a speech made by Jeffrey Sachs, the report notes: “…Many conflicts are caused or inflamed by water scarcity. The conflicts from Chad to Darfur, Sudan, to the Ogaden Desert in Ethiopia, to Somalia and its pirates, and […]
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