India’s desert water system at a crossroads
In the heart of the Thar Desert lies Bada Bagh, or the ‘great garden’, where khadeen, a centuries-old feat of…
India
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Drought
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Curbing incidences of wastage to ensure Jordan’s water security
Jordanians receive water that is less than what the United Nations mandates, due to various factors. Despite this scarcity and…
Jordan
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This is how Dutch farmers are saving water for the future
Texel is at the forefront of climate change: by 2050, Wadden Island will be one of the driest places in…
Battling for survival along the warming source of Blue Nile
With increasing incidence of erratic rainfall and flooding affecting their crops, groups of small holder farmers switch from rain-fed summer…
Ethiopia
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Depleting groundwater leaves residents without potable water
Barind region in Bangladesh that produces water-intensive boro rice, relies heavily on groundwater for irrigation. Climate-induced droughts, transboundary water issues…
Drinking water crisis in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Climate change and increasing deforestation are drying up the streams in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh, writes Jiten…
Unbridled groundwater extraction leading to depletion
The Barind Tract in Bangladesh risks desertification in the near future unless indiscriminate abstraction of groundwater is stopped now, writes…
