Wednesday, December 19, 2012

India: Grabbing Water From Future Generations

National Geographic: 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. Suresh Ponnusami sat back on his porch by the road south of the Indian textile town of Tirupur. He was not rich, but for the owner of a two-acre farm in the backwoods of a developing country he was doing...

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/12/121218-grabbing-water-from-future-generations/
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