Wetland management

Irrigation and agriculture

Create a tourist brochure for a tourism company that specialises in the tourism of doom and disaster. The trip should include visits to places that show the history of the Aral Sea. What impact has agriculture and irrigation had on the Aral Sea?

Will the Aral Sea disappear forever?
The Aral Sea Basin
UNEP - Aral Sea
Women respond to a shrinking sea
The history of the Aral Sea - tours to Uzbekistan

Irrigation and agriculture.ppt
TheARALSEA.ppt

Further reading

• Donor aversion to 'unsexy' water projects threatens development goal | Fiona Harvey | Global development | The Guardian
• Olympic outrage at Saudi ban on women athletes | Sport | The Observer
• Will the 'girl effect' really help to combat poverty? | Ofra Koffman | Global development | guardian.co.uk
• The water footprint of the world – map | Environment | guardian.co.uk
• The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years, study shows | Environment | The Guardian
• China’s Connectivity Revolution - Stephen S. Roach - Project Syndicate
• Can the Great Green Wall stop the Sahara from spreading? : The New Yorker
• Urbanisation map
• How the rise of the megacity is changing the way we live | Society | The Observer
• Haiti two years after the quake - audio slideshow | Global development | guardian.co.uk