By Thalif Deen
Inter Press Service - November 30, 2013
The Arab world is widely perceived as blessed with an embarrassment
of riches: an abundance of oil (Saudi Arabia), one of the world’s
highest per capita incomes (Qatar), and home to the world’s tallest
luxury building (United Arab Emirates).
But it lacks one of the most finite resources necessary for human survival: water.
“The average Arab citizen has eight times less access to renewable
water than the average global citizen, and more than two thirds of
surface water resources originate from outside the region,” says the
U.N.Development Program (UNDP) in a new study released this week.
Titled “Water Governance in the Arab Region: Managing Scarcity and Securing the Future,”
the report warns that water scarcity in the region is fast reaching
“alarming levels, with dire consequences to human development”.
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