Oil-rich nations export water stress to ensure food security through African ‘land grab’

Barrett808

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Thu May-19-11 11:27 AM
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Oil-rich nations export water stress to ensure food security through African ‘land grab’

The Gulf nations of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are rated as the world’s most water stressed countries, with the least available water per capita, by a new ranking of 186 countries.

The Water Stress Index, released by risk analysis and mapping firm Maplecroft, pinpoints areas of water stress down to 10kmฒ worldwide by calculating the ratio of domestic, industrial and agricultural water consumption, against renewable supplies of water from precipitation, rivers and groundwater. It has been developed for companies to identify risk of water interruptions to supply chains, operations and investments.

The index, which is accompanied by an interactive sub-national map, rates 17 countries as ‘extreme risk,’ with the Middle East and North African (MENA) nations of Bahrain (1), Qatar (2), Kuwait (3) Saudi Arabia (4) Libya (5), the disputed territory of Western Sahara (6), Yemen (7), Israel (8), Djibouti (9) and Jordan (10) topping the ranking. ...

Oil-rich nations export water stress to ensure food security through African ‘land grab’

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aquart

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Thu May-19-11 11:29 AM
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1. Do they want to bring a pail to the Mississippi?

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GliderGuider

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Thu May-19-11 11:34 AM
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2. I think I just saw the places that will trigger the next round of global instability.

Edited on Thu May-19-11 11:35 AM by GliderGuider

Between the local problems resulting from water stress and the international disputes related to the land grab, the probability of regional water wars somewhere in that red zone seems very high. Throw in some rainfall changes induced by climate change in those regions (e.g. a monsoon failure or two) and the shit will be well and truly in the fan.

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HillbillyBob

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Thu May-19-11 11:39 AM
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3. If you can start rain harvest set up for your house to water the gardens

If you do it properly its even drinkable(screens to exclude leaves, sand filters-work with a bio agent to clean particles, UV light / pump to keep down pathogens. We have planned this from the day we bought the place, but having so many budget(or lack of) we have to do so much to rebuild this farm from equipment to buildings to roofs. I plan to put my cisterns under ground.

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