Friday, April 09, 2021

Managing Jordan's water resources: A monumental challenge

 

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 In this edition we look at a resource becoming ever scarcer across the world: water. In Jordan, where it has been source of concern for centuries, climate change and the effects of industrialisation are today taking a heavy toll. 

The kingdom is trying to find solutions to bring clean water to its people but also to save one of its natural wonders: the Dead Sea. 

In a Middle East marked by conflicts and tensions between neighbouring countries, only regional cooperation seems likely to avoid future water wars. FRANCE 24's Karim Hakiki, Achraf Abid and Clovis Casali report.

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Jordan gets 30 mln euros loan from Germany to finance water projects

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 En Jordanie, citernes, réservoirs et canalisations datant de l'Antiquité rappellent l'importance vitale de la bonne gestion de l'eau dans ces vastes étendus arides. Infrastructures, irrigation, désalinisation : les solutions d'avenir sont nombreuses.

 Mais dans un Moyen-Orient marqué par les conflits et les tensions entre pays voisins, seule une coopération régionale semble pouvoir éviter de futures guerres de l'eau.

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