Shrinking Aral Sea The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters". The region's once- prosperous fishing industry has been essentially destroyed,bringing unemployment and economic hardship. The Aral Sea region is also heavily polluted,with The Aral Sea in 1989 (1eft)and 2014 consequential serious public (right) health problems
Shrinking Aral Sea • The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters". • The region's onceprosperous fishing industry has been essentially destroyed, bringing unemployment and economic hardship. • The Aral Sea region is also heavily polluted, with consequential serious public health problems
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The water footprint: making a link between consumption in one place and impacts on water systems elsewhere Pollution (pesticide runoff)from mainly cotton. >Yangtze dolphin extinct. >Indus severely threatened. > Water for people and nature requires management which focuses on multiple needs of systems. >Water Footprint analysis allows us to trace supply and identify impacts.It gives clear steer on risk and responsibility. [Photo:WWF]
The water footprint: making a link between consumption in one place and impacts on water systems elsewhere [Photo: WWF] ➢ Pollution (pesticide runoff) from mainly cotton. ➢ Yangtze dolphin extinct. ➢ Indus severely threatened. ➢ Water for people and nature requires management which focuses on multiple needs of systems. ➢ Water Footprint analysis allows us to trace supply and identify impacts. It gives clear steer on risk and responsibility
The water footprint of a product
The water footprint of a product
Water footprint of a product the volume of fresh water used to produce the product, summed over the various steps of the production chain. when and where the water was used:a water footprint includes a temporal and spatial dimension. type of water use: green,blue,grey water footprint
Water footprint of a product ► the volume of fresh water used to produce the product, summed over the various steps of the production chain. ► when and where the water was used: a water footprint includes a temporal and spatial dimension. ► type of water use: green, blue, grey water footprint