River, River, River Run Dry

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There are are rivers that lack enough water to make it to the sea or to the lakes they supply. Of the rivers that can make the distance it is taking longer for them to reach their destinations and they arrive greatly depleted. As a result, lakes are dying, fisheries are disappearing, drinkable water is becoming scarce and ghost towns are all that remain of once thriving populations.

The world population increases by some 80 million people per year and they are thirsty for water. Compounding the problem is the fact that several nations are competing for the same water source. The Nile, for example, is the go to river for a number of countries including Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Though it originates in Ethiopia, Egypt claims the lion share, and this is but one example of too many in need of an evaporating resource.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Upcoming Visit to India – A Mock …

Bangladeshis have genuine reasons to believe that India is not giving due share of river water causing drying up of river system in Bangladesh. India is also not allowing access to Bangladeshi exportable commodities to Indian market. …

Dalai Lama appeals to China on drying Tibet rivers | Mouth to Source

Attending a U.N. summit on global hunger in Rome, the exiled Buddhist leader warned rivers from Tibet’s glaciers and snow-covered mountains may dry up in 15 to 20 years and asked China to study the problem together with Tibetan experts. …

South Asia: Crowded Land, Drying Rivers — EngageMedia

This film captures the highlights of a 2008 study, Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change, carried out by researchers at the Asian Institute Technology (AIT) for the United Nations Environment Programme …

We must continue to live in hope. It may not be too late to reverse trends: