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The Real Threat To Our Future Is Peak Water
July 6th, 2013
Via The Guardian, a look at a new essay from Lester Brown noting that wells are drying up and underwater tables falling so fast in the Middle East and parts of India, China and the US that food supplies are seriously threatened: Kansas’s Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in 2012, during the worst drought in the […]
Read more »Water Wars: “Could Be Everywhere In Africa”
June 16th, 2013
Via Times of Oman, some commentary on potential for water conflict in Africa: Anwar Sadat was precise in predicting what would force Egypt to go to war again. Way back in 1979, while signing the Egypt-Israel peace treaty, the former Egyptian president said, “The only matter that would take Egypt to war again is water.” […]
Read more »Global Majority Faces Water Shortages ‘Within Two Generations’
May 26th, 2013
Courtesy of The Guardian, an article on a recent experts’ call on governments to start conserving water in face of climate change, pollution and over-use: The majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will live with severe pressure on fresh water within the space of two generations as climate change, pollution and over-use of […]
Read more »Bosnia Herzegovina: A Land Of Blue Gold That Europe Is Eyeing
May 23rd, 2013
Via Green Go Post, a report on Bosnia’s water resources and challenges ahead:  Bosnia Herzegovina is one of the European countries with the richest water resources. Projects to build a series of hydroelectric power stations in Republika Srpska, however, are endangering a delicate environmental balance. “In 2004 the government of Republika Srpska awarded a contract […]
Read more »Indonesia: Water To Become Central Issue Globally
May 23rd, 2013
Via The Jakarta Post, commentary on the world’s water stress from an Indonesian think tank: The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has warned that water will become a global issue which will influence politics and trigger international conflicts over the next 50 years. “Clean water is decreasing in Indonesia and rivers are being contaminated by […]
Read more »Water: A Regional Threat In Asia
May 22nd, 2013
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at Asia’s water scarcity issues: For decades, long-range forecasters have been predicting that water – and a lack of it – loomed as the biggest threat to regional security. Booming populations, food security, the occasional drought and competition among neighboring countries for dwindling resources made for a pessimistic outlook. […]
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