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Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East

May 4, 2011 By Earth Policy Institute Leave a Comment

by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Captured from a bus window, while crossing the no-man’s land between Jordan and Israel/Palestine, the once-mighty Jordan river is today just a murky trickle (see bottom centre of image) that wouldn’t flow at all today if it wasn’t for the pollution poured into it…. It is estimated that the Jordan River will dry up completely by the end of 2011. Photo © Craig Mackintosh Long after the political uprisings in the Middle East have subsided, many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Food Shortages, Irrigation, Potable Water, Water Contaminaton & Loss

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