Water - The Drop of Life, War and Peace| 52mins
Director: Peter Swanson | Producer: Peter Gersen & John Wegink
Focus Years: 2000 | Country: United States
Synopsis:
This episode of "Water - The Drop of Life" looks at what happens when rivers are blocked and water crosses borders. The diverting of the Syr Darya caused a dramatic shrinking of the Aral Sea, an ecological disaster affecting some 30 million people. The construction of the huge Three Gorges Dam will create a 600-kilometer-long reservoir with an incredible water storage capacity of 40 billion cubic meters. Could the next wars be fought over water? Courts such as El Tribunal de las Aguas in Valencia, Spain present an effective way to handle water conflicts on a local scale. On an international scale, however, the issues are far more complex. In the Middle East, disputes over water are as old as the stories of biblical times. The Ataturk Dam in Turkey holds back water from it downstream neighbor. Namibia wants water from the Okavango River in Botswana. In Israel, water disputes are central to the disputes with Palestinians.
Water - The Drop of Life, War and Peace
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52mins
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