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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Umar Agha
Final Thoughts and Future Plans...
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December 2, 2009: It's been a few months since I first started my research on Pakistan's water security. Since this environmental issue is also a personal one for me, I tried my best to check my patriotism at the door and offer an unbiased... read more >
Pakistan's Water Challenges: Building Up Domestic Human Resources
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November 29, 2009: In order to effectively engage its water issues, Pakistan must develop indigenous expertise on the matter. Currently, two of Pakistan's most prestigious universities, the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS: http... read more >
Pakistan's Water: Domestic Steps
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November 18, 2009: Pakistan can do a lot domestically to use water more efficiently, as well as improve the quality of the water that it uses. The quality of groundwater and surface-water is low and is further deteriorating because of the... read more >
Pakistan's Water: Domestic Issues
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November 10, 2009: My research on Pakistan's water security usually includes reviewing academic and governmental literature on the issue, but I also try and keep up with recent events that are germane. Last week, an interactive session called... read more >
Pakistan's Water Security: Ground Realities
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November 3, 2009: Pakistan and India point a lot of fingers at each other - usually blaming the other for instability in the region through state-sponsored terrorism. In most cases, the blame game is based on facts: it's no secret that both... read more >
Thoughts on International Justice vis-à-vis Pakistan’s Water
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October 27, 2009: What does a country do when it is confronted by an aggressive neighbor that can potentially control its water supply by playing the role of the upstream riparian? Unfortunately, when dialogue is not constructive and the... read more >
Pakistan's Water Dispute with India, part 2
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October 27, 2009: In my last blog post (http://www.onearth.org/node/1492), I mentioned that the presence of all Indian projects - except one - on waters before they enter Pakistan is allowed by the Indus Waters Treaty; the real problem was... read more >
Pakistan's Water Dispute with India, part 1
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October 13, 2009: Before certain rivers enter Pakistan, they pass through territory administered by India, making Pakistan understandably nervous about any Indian construction on these waters. With the exception of one project (which I will... read more >
Dwindling Water Security in Pakistan
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October 7, 2009: Water is very precious. This may come as a surprise as over 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by bodies of water and 60% of the human body is made up of the stuff. The amount of water we can currently harness for... read more >
Umar Agha