FAO: in 2050 almost one third of humanity without water drinking
A network of canals wrap thirsty countries of the former Soviet Union
A network of canals wrap thirsty countries of the former Soviet Union
MOSCOW - Russia not only floats on huge deposits of oil and gas, to the point it turned into an energy superpower. In its vast territory there is so much fresh water to quench the thirst of two planets: 120 thousand rivers, 2.3 million lakes, swamps large as Italy, Spain and France combined. Water resources exceed 97mila cubic kilometers if we add the groundwater and glaciers translated into vile money - or rather, in cash - means having of water supplies whose value exceeds, even today, 800 billion dollars a year. As water is the oil of the new millennium, the dreams of grandeur of the Kremlin are becoming even more ambitious, so much wealth and many perspectives increase the political influence, especially on the surrounding countries of Central Asia, besieged by deserts and drought.
It took only a FAO report, released Monday, which raises the alarm for emergency water ("In 2050, nearly two billion people will remain without water drinking) and now the Russians have signaled that they will ready to work in the thriving market of blue gold, although they prefer to call it "gold transparent" (so wrote yesterday, the newspaper Novye Izvestia): "Russia has good chances, but we must use them intelligently. We occupy a good place among water suppliers and exporters of products that require high water consumption," says Viktor Danilov-Daniljan, director of the National Institute in Moscow for the water problem, "for example, North Africa and the Middle East import such a quantity of wheat to produce that it would take water from two rivers as the Nile."
The numbers of "water stress" are chill. To obtain one kilo of rice it takes 2 to 5 thousand gallons of water. On average, food needed to produce 3 thousand gallons of water per person per day. When the water
begin to dwindle, Russia with its enormous resources to become leaders in the food chain. Just adapt infrastructure build aqueducts to the south, as is the case for hydrocarbons, wrapped in a spider's thirsty Eurasia. To think that the Soviet regime had set up a project to reverse the course of the great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic and irrigate the Central Asian republics: a titanic but also potentially an environmental catastrophe. Common sense prevailed, and everything remained as before. It was 1986.
Today, Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan has dusted off that old idea, but Moscow did not pretend to understand. "What begin to eliminate waste, "suggests Moisseenko Tatiana, a member of the Academy of Sciences. For the countries that have scarce water resources, you are advised to avoid the total emancipation (" independence ") regions of the world that have them in hand abundance: "In Central Asia, water is used in a rather irrational," says the Moissenko, "technology should be introduced to save money, put to use in irrigation technologies drops.
The countries of the former USSR satellites suffer heavy damage if you do not run for cover. And the refuge is called the Great Mother Russia. Barkovskij says Anatoly, director of the Center for Foreign Relations of the Institute of Economics Academy of Sciences russa: "Bisogna risolvere in anticipo una serie di problemi: come e quanta acqua può essere trasportata senza creare danni ambientali. Dopodiché, potremmo dissetare fino a saziare".
Acqua come merce, fiumi di rubli, anzi, di dollari. Il business dell'oro blu arricchirà ulteriormente la Russia, scrivono i giornali.
Il controllo dell'acqua è vitale, senza si muore. Senza non si produce. L'acqua è un bene di consumo, lo ha stabilito l'Organizzazione mondiale per il commercio, alla quale la Russia sta aderendo. L'industria globale dell'acqua ha un giro d'affari di 400 miliardi di dollari. Un "asset" fluido che garantisce profitti a go-go e sudditanze strategiche. Da annegarci.
source: www.altrogiornale.org
It took only a FAO report, released Monday, which raises the alarm for emergency water ("In 2050, nearly two billion people will remain without water drinking) and now the Russians have signaled that they will ready to work in the thriving market of blue gold, although they prefer to call it "gold transparent" (so wrote yesterday, the newspaper Novye Izvestia): "Russia has good chances, but we must use them intelligently. We occupy a good place among water suppliers and exporters of products that require high water consumption," says Viktor Danilov-Daniljan, director of the National Institute in Moscow for the water problem, "for example, North Africa and the Middle East import such a quantity of wheat to produce that it would take water from two rivers as the Nile."
The numbers of "water stress" are chill. To obtain one kilo of rice it takes 2 to 5 thousand gallons of water. On average, food needed to produce 3 thousand gallons of water per person per day. When the water
begin to dwindle, Russia with its enormous resources to become leaders in the food chain. Just adapt infrastructure build aqueducts to the south, as is the case for hydrocarbons, wrapped in a spider's thirsty Eurasia. To think that the Soviet regime had set up a project to reverse the course of the great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic and irrigate the Central Asian republics: a titanic but also potentially an environmental catastrophe. Common sense prevailed, and everything remained as before. It was 1986.
Today, Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan has dusted off that old idea, but Moscow did not pretend to understand. "What begin to eliminate waste, "suggests Moisseenko Tatiana, a member of the Academy of Sciences. For the countries that have scarce water resources, you are advised to avoid the total emancipation (" independence ") regions of the world that have them in hand abundance: "In Central Asia, water is used in a rather irrational," says the Moissenko, "technology should be introduced to save money, put to use in irrigation technologies drops.
The countries of the former USSR satellites suffer heavy damage if you do not run for cover. And the refuge is called the Great Mother Russia. Barkovskij says Anatoly, director of the Center for Foreign Relations of the Institute of Economics Academy of Sciences russa: "Bisogna risolvere in anticipo una serie di problemi: come e quanta acqua può essere trasportata senza creare danni ambientali. Dopodiché, potremmo dissetare fino a saziare".
Acqua come merce, fiumi di rubli, anzi, di dollari. Il business dell'oro blu arricchirà ulteriormente la Russia, scrivono i giornali.
Il controllo dell'acqua è vitale, senza si muore. Senza non si produce. L'acqua è un bene di consumo, lo ha stabilito l'Organizzazione mondiale per il commercio, alla quale la Russia sta aderendo. L'industria globale dell'acqua ha un giro d'affari di 400 miliardi di dollari. Un "asset" fluido che garantisce profitti a go-go e sudditanze strategiche. Da annegarci.
source: www.altrogiornale.org
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