resources our duty is to support all agencies so that they have what they need to get the fires under control and therefore the government is following this event closely every minute every day to make sure the agencies have the resources they need the riot police in the philippines have fired water cannons demonstrates us protesting against the u.s. and china hundreds gathered outside the u.s. and chinese embassies in the capital manila are angry about the ongoing u.s. minute she presence in the country and the case president the task of not upholding philip pain suffering today. those are the main headlines that stay with us and around al-jazeera up next people in power.

iran's water supplies are under threat its reserves to preach it by waste and inefficiency once fertile lands drained and barren innovative solutions are at last being applied with will it be enough we sent reports of gallery to roping from al-jazeera through a series to find out. it's hard to imagine life without water but in the middle east that's an increasingly

troubling prospect in this fragile region water shortages have been linked to mass migration drought food shortages and political instability here in iran years of stifling international sanctions have put pressure on an already to cheer rating water management system but as iranians watch their precious bodies of water disappear and international restrictions east there's a new understanding that in order to survive change needs to happen. as for the cultural heartbeat of central iran i'm here to meet global water expert

dr cobb a mad any he's asked me to meet him along the xi'an to root out the river which gave birth to this ancient city. i don't from a danny this is not at all what i was expecting what happened to the famous life giver rude for the past few years we have been seeing you like this once of the flu every year and the rest is what it's all for show your good river. these massive cracks that we're seeing in this one flowing thousand year old river this is a manmade problem. unfortunately yes i'm not i'm not saying that nature had no effect on this we have exhausted the water upstream and this is what we're left with what is the water upstream been used for mostly agriculture. nationally we use more than ninety percent of the water in the x. factor. that's common in the dry areas of the world where you want to produce food . were you are gate you run out of water and that's a general rule this is really

a symbol of what is happening at a larger scale at a national scale in this country and what is happening right now rivers and lakes going dry after one after another losing what we're losing wetlands. we are seeing land subsidence very same deserts of vacation and declining groundwater levels which is really sad we have been determined to maximize the water used to extract water from any source possible move water from one location to another and this is what we see as a result this is what i called water bankruptcy. do you see that the sprinkler yeah . that's a problem this is the mentality is that we don't we don't get it like look look at this like all around the river beds are green and we have a river which is going. to have on. the.

the the the live up to the person so you and the rich chafey for the. bottom and have a remote that we shouldn't give out a year and the world i live. in the. it's the best as that's because that's the should be. the heart of what is some of my life. what is here that i can imagine when this is full of water people this is just left it exactly is just so sad. so what would you say are the real causes of this crisis how do we get this i generally think there are three main. causes one being the rapid population growth in less than two decades the population of your own double the second cause is the inefficient agricultural sector and has been very important for

us over the years of war with iraq and after that when you're in the sanctions it was natural to be really warned about food self-sufficiency and food availability in this country and the third cause being you know mismanagement of water is also linked to so many other things in a list with understand and appreciate these linkages this complexity we can all solve the problems. while many iranians are grieving the loss of desire and a river there is a greater and more invisible crisis underground. i'm traveling into iran's farming heartland to meet geoscientist mattie m.d.s. ani she's investigating iran's groundwater crisis over the past fifty years iran has extracted seventy percent of its ground water supplies mainly to support farming the air itself western province of secure john which relies heavily on to stash farming is now running on empty but you have here this is the city up there

john and you can see here the area which rules the substance so these are the groundwater depletion hotspots is that correct exactly what exactly is such that in . all her heart it's from courtroom. after shit effective as a compact and should we be worried right now about the groundwater levels in syria john yeah the author first rules there. to capture the water so we have runoff we have fraud and sinkholes kind of down there the role of the infrastructure so should we go find yourself and think the off course does it all collapse all at once or is it over time once i can oh really sinkholes unless of sidon there are indicators on the ground of a much deeper problem you know you can see the farmlands because it's hard out

there are connected so when you extract the ground was her from one point the ground water level drops people are over exploiting the water and not paying attention to the the awkward for a new. in the past decade fifteen percent of this region's to stash two trees have died forcing farmers to abandon their lands and homes at this rate more than half of iran's provinces could become uninhabitable within fifteen years displacing millions. five years ago everything was green and it all dried up in such a short time. is this region is unable to support pistachio farms anymore i think they can't because there's no more votes with. the farms so what happens now what do you tell the farmer and the family like these people

over there were hit their home what do you tell them when when the water runs out it's impossible they can't do anything for these aerials where do you think it's somebody you know like them. that are. it's good for thirty four and i think. i think it's hansal of the deer hunter in rivers i think the fear for my am is that this is just the beginning that this entire iconic region might become uninhabitable. just disappear. until very recently the stashes were iran's main export after crude oil and the province which syria john sits in was one of the largest producers in the world contributing to a billion dollar industry. but now farmers that remain are struggling to survive

without water i have left dr danny to meet a family still trying to eke out a living. human chance a ticket to build a place to call me when i have hard dollars send them upon yourself to charge a quarter of all the kidneys often tradition giotto botulism that you want more secure should. more your birth your more rituals and then give a corner a moment john of gunshots. to. some of the enemy on the middle falling. on hard. these some of the water is completely contaminated because they've been digging so much into the aqua for they've had salt water leech in from the nearby lake bed it's not just lack of water it's salt water entering the fresh water that they use for farming. the orlando on that there ought to get past your folder.

if most of them very. serious residue are there most of them to give up are not drawn from. ten years ago they had a nice diversity of crops but as the trade in pistachios started really bringing in money it was very profitable and when he one invested in pistachio farming and now the future is completely bleak because they've invested in only one crop. they need the same young again by ending it on the come time we had. a moment you normally get out your quarter to quarter to quarter does because i'm not sure we're good oh i must go down you would draw on your mark get your goat you are going to do one. when bennett. i mean here i go when i was each each figure each person i.

thought oh yeah and then each got to turn it into a. badge does on daughter. is the death of the of now the fruits of. iran is clearly facing a huge and unprecedented crisis and without the government support it's hard to see any hope of resolution i mean turn around to meet mushroomy at the car the country's vice president and head of environmental protection. would you say that iran is currently facing a water crisis yes iran like many other countries in the region is currently facing water scarcity we need to change the current water management water consumption patterns in order to be able to deal with this currently the x.

factor uses ninety percent of the water in this country how are you planning to reform this industry we actually started a project working with farmers educating them training them about three hundred villages are directly involved how much do you feel that international sanctions have added to the escalation of the crisis that we face today we have a lot of pressure on our economy there was a lot of pressure on producing more crops we need to take off the pressure i think from our national. environment and eco systems for a while. the lifting of sanctions could help us in that regard many people were expecting big changes after the sanctions environmentally but dust storms air pollution water scarcity issues are still all too common why haven't results come

sooner one of the reasons that we haven't been seeing those results coming very. quickly has been the hurdles that we still have in the particularly in the banking system of seems that the united states is not playing its role about fulfilling its responsibilities that it has in the room and political conflicts shouldn't overshadow in. cooperation. although farming takes the lion's share of water in the country iran's tap water use is still seventy percent above the global average years of heavily subsidized water rates mean people haven't been brought up with a conservation mindset in a country where half the population is under thirty five the government and n.g.o.s are tapping into social media to get the word out but is it working so that. the other fellow that. well there must suffer.

yeah application that's right that's what campaign. i mean have. often found. unsurprisingly those who really understood the power of social media and the image in this crisis were photographers so must bear yoni and may some years end a dell or two young photojournalist who helped bring global attention to one of the crisis is greatest victims blake were mia. once the middle east largest salt water lake it has now shrunk to ten percent its former size located in the northwest of the country it was a popular holiday haven today it has been reduced to a few patches of incredibly salty water this hyper salinity has triggered an algae and bacterial bloom that has transformed the once turquoise waters to crimson like a landed on never. have any. better

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point that. you know to talk to sure. you know and i shall know when you. need to ask this all right here which appears so innocent can absolutely destroy the farming industry around this land if it gets into the soil it completely dries it out and it isn't good for people's health so you can understand why this lake needs to be full of water so that this soul doesn't start traveling around in the wind. so must grew up around the lake and knows firsthand the impact of water scarcity her family used to run a popular guest house and rent cattle but their lives were closely tied to the lake in that area just alan jeremy to move into horse show the other limbo year that to me has scared. as much as. if someone applies and.

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as enjoy getting. a shot command muscle and back a see al of a mind of a sham. full access a marrow fisher walk on one at the share that activists of a leonardo dicaprio have a passion instagram ish as having europe would now. enjoy has enjoyed with economic cold war. two one i sure didn't sound. the best people in x. row but how many do in your past cat had met one just on a day or two. that border johnny paid a cad by you hold. you to. ask him back please tell us mcadams. you. like so much his family many people living around lake or mia depend on it for their livelihood an estimated five million farmers live in its vicinity and that's why the government has pledged five

billion dollars to restore lake or mia over the next ten years i've met up with a smile on hand getty a community field worker who is embedded himself in these farming communities he's been working on a pilot project funded by the government and new n.d.p. promoting farming techniques that help conserve water. gotten that into your children is chattel said mysie in hast would have to do your toes you know home is a must see to have lou dobbs with this should. be shot in most of us. as if. that is so bad he would have i don't care must know he should have addressed the more that in all probation macone random one of them busy out for you. we should. all be better you know. call but it lumps nice misrule me the law he would not do this to my nobility nobody at coney. island.

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shows the time he did the. mission rendition remaining today i left tagging to finish a lot of that if i don't buy into it into one i'll bet i attend a machine and i then asked what did it was that i don't got when i was in the joint i mean joe hoeffel katrina some must see it all the corn because it's off topic is that all the top pitamakan has off and i don't even. think this is the end of the message i feel if it is my defining as nas it is so damn has me. i think. i did it a little. the new water conserving farming techniques take the pressure off the farmers from drilling deeper and deeper for fresh water this allows the offer time to replenish naturally and safeguards the groundwater for the future and i. guess i was a bit. in that i thank you ximena. have you kind of. i

don't realize you bought on is it is written in stone. and i said he has. a better one than pro that you know. about it. there's. a button on them then my snowman. all the systems that the farmers have implemented here are helping to save water if these systems were rolled out nationwide it could really make a difference. to the showers and that i mean i have seen a form of that a case where the camera. as does if saudi has nourished pine. prefer nicastro as us care water as boron on radio. national russian it is or isn't that

a shout mission over to you and that's a video of the of tone vision and also his or some of. the project here in lake or mia may seem like a small step but it's an important start. iran has finally acknowledged the scale of the crisis on its hands and it is beginning to tackle it but if these hopeful starts don't lead to more action on the ground and soon the entire region will face the prospect of even more loss and instability one thing is for certain this is a critical time for iran.

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