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Sunday, February 20, 2011

What does the Arab world do when its water runs out? Guardian

What does the Arab world do when its water runs out? Guardian
Water, food and energy need to be tackled together, not in isolation, since solutions to one problem are often profligate in their use of one if not both of the other increasingly scarce resources.

Failure to act on crop shortages fuelling political instability

Camel drinking, Jordan, Petra.
A camel takes a drink in Jordan. The Middle East faces conflict if its water shortage is not tackled. Photograph: Neal Clark/Robert Harding Collection 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/20/arab-nations-water-running-out 

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