Egypt-+DBD

=CONFLICT OF WATER=

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 * [|Egypt's farms running Dry]
 * In a land that was once an oasis, Egypt is beginning to dry up. Farmers rely on water the most because both their livestock and crops need it to survive, and in turn, themselves as well. Nearby plants have come up with a solution by mixing what freshwater they have with drainage waste, creating agricultural waste water. This isn't the highest quality plan, but it is efficient in spreading out the resource for the farmers. Technology can only go so far. Once again, humans must resort to low levels - due to the environment in which they belong - in order to keep surviving.
 * [[file:Thirst Egypt.pdf]]
 * People always used to associate Egypt and the Nile river as one. However, four of the river's upstream countries recently signed off on an agreement to share the river amongst them- an idea that Egypt despises. They want every drop of the river for themselves. Many farmers are already angry with the drying environment, but the concept of waiting for others while the resources could disappear at any moment enrages them. Is Egypt being greedy, selfish, or just doing what they must to survive in the environment they were given?

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 * [|Water Wars]
 * Despite the water shortage and contamination crisis in the Middle East, western leaders have failed in making the issue a priority to handle. A majority of all the huge water conflict points in the world are all located in the Middle Eastern region. Egypt-along with Jordan, Israel, Cyprus, Malta, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia- are all affected one way or another by this water war. Though this document was written nearly ten years ago, the point it makes is still relevant today. The environment is driving all these countries against one another in an effort to gain water for themselves.
 * [|War over Water]
 * Though written seven years before //Water Wars//, the idea remains the same. The water conflict is always in the way of any peace treaties the countries of the Middle East attempt to conjure. When Israel declared war on Syria due to the Arab's unsuccessful attempts to steal their water, Egypt ended up getting dragged into the mess because it is Syria's ally. The war over water isn't just a troubling agricultural issue, but a huge aggravation for the politics in the Middle East as well.
 * [[file:africa's future flows with the nile.pdf]]
 * Egypt owns nearly 80% of the Nile river, while the seven northern upstream countries only get about 10%. Egypt argues that those countries receive the most rainfall, and don't deserve the river as much as them. However the neighboring countries are not happy with this one bit, and Egypt is on the brink of an all out Water War. Their stubbornness, along with the need for survival, has contributed to the rising tensions in the Middle Eastern environment today.
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