Ecosystem Degradation and Hunger
The Mekong River · Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
THE COLLAPSE OF AN ARTERY The livelihoods and cultures of the 60 million people living in the Lower Mekong Basin are intimately connected with the river’s natural cycles. Boasting one of the world’s most diverse and productive inland fisheries, the … Sigue leyendo
The Gibe 3 Dam · Ethiopia
KILLING THE OMO’S HEARTBEAT Half a million people live along the Lower Omo in remote southwestern Ethiopia and around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya which receives the Omo’s waters. The crops, livestock and fisheries of at least eight distinct indigenous … Sigue leyendo
Indus Delta – Pakistan
“CLOSE YOUR EYES, IF YOU PREFER NOT TO LOOK” The desiccation of the Indus Delta is one of the world’s most underreported ecological disasters. A vast complex of massive dams, barrages, and irrigation canals has drastically reduced the flow of … Sigue leyendo
The Aral Sea – Kazajstan / Uzbekistan
“HOW COTTON KILLED THE SEA” Once the fourth largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has in the last five decades lost more than three-quarters of its area and two-thirds of its volume. To grow cotton and rice, the … Sigue leyendo
Lake Chad, An Environmental Catastrophe – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon
THE DISAPPEARING LAKE Lake Chad was one of the largest lakes in the world, but climate change and the massive diversion of its waters for huge irrigation projects has reduced its surface area from 26,000 square km in 1960 to … Sigue leyendo