Cases / Water use · Uzbekistan · date not stated
In Uzbekistan's Aral basin, water is tied to cotton contracts
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NPR reported in October 2024 that the Aral Sea, one of the world's largest inland lakes, had dried up after Soviet-era irrigation plans. A farmer in the basin was quoted as saying there is no water without a cotton contract.
What?
Water for farmers in the Aral basin is tied to cotton contracts, as the Aral Sea has dried up, NPR reported. NPR (via KUNC)
Where?
Aral Sea basin, Uzbekistan NPR (via KUNC)
When?
Reported October 2024; the years of the drying are not given. NPR (via KUNC)
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
- The Aral Sea — Dried up, according to NPR's October 2024 report NPR (via KUNC)
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
The report links the drying to Soviet-era irrigation plans. NPR (via KUNC)
How?
Water for farmers is available only with a cotton contract, according to the farmer quoted. NPR (via KUNC)
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What happened
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NPR reported in October 2024 that the Aral Sea had dried up and linked the drying to Soviet-era irrigation plans.
A farmer in the Aral basin was quoted as saying there is no water without a cotton contract.
In court and with insurers
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Lawsuits and rulings
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Insurers
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What we don't know
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Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the Aral Sea's area, water volumes or the years of decline.
- None on record Who holds the cotton contracts or allocates the water is not stated.
Did the harm stop?
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Who paid?
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Sources
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- One of the world's largest inland lakes has dried up from Soviet-era irrigation plansNPR (via KUNC) · 2024-10