Saudi Arabia stakes a claim on the Nile
Published on by Markus Pahlow, University of Canterbury - Senior Lecturer
After draining four-fifths of its massive underground aquifer for unsustainable agriculture, the Saudi Kingdom turns to verdant Ethiopia.
Fred Pearce in Ethiopia
For National Geographic News
Published November 30, 2012
This piece is part of Water Grabbers: A Global Rush on Freshwater, a special National Geographic Freshwater News series on how grabbing land—and water—from poor people, desperate governments, and future generations threatens global food security, environmental sustainability, and local cultures.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/12/121217-saudi-arabia-water-grabs-ethiopia/