Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Asia in trouble

"The water experts are meeting at a UN-sponsored conference in Sweden.

They say countries in south and east Asia must spend billions of dollars to improve antiquated crop irrigation to cope with rapid population increases.

That estimate does not yet take into account the possible impact of global warming on water supplies, they said.

Asia's population is forecast to increase by 1.5bn people over the next 40 years." (Thanks Muna)


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8206466.stm

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