Water and Peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan
| Date | Monday, August 3, 2009 |
| Location | Stimson Center |
Water is a critical resource for sustaining livelihoods, promoting economic development, and ensuring environmental quality. In the semi-arid regions of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan, ancient collective irrigation methods are being replaced by the drilling of individual tubewells, rapidly depleting groundwater levels, increasing water stress, and upsetting established patterns of social cohesion. Maintaining traditional water management techniques can support local livelihoods, build human capital, and reduce communal frictions in economically vulnerable and politically volatile rural communities. Please join us for a discussion of peace building through supporting local livelihoods and sustainable water use in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Dr. Daanish Mustafa.
Daanish Mustafa is Senior Lecturer in Environment, Politics and Development in the Department of Geography at King’s College, London. He was previously Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography at George Mason University and Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of South Florida.
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