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dam-l drought & upheaval linked/LS
>From BBC:
Thursday, 27 January, 2000, 03:57 GMT
Drought and upheaval linked in Africa
An international team of scientists says it's discovered a
relationship between political stability in East Africa and
rainfall
patterns.
The scientists compiled a record of rainfall and drought by
calculating the water level and salinity changes of Lake Naivasha
in Kenya and matched it with the oral history of the people who
live there.
They found that in periods when there was evidence of drought,
local people spoke of political unrest, large-scale
emigration and
the establishment of new dynasties. The head of the team, Dr Dick
Vershuren, said the data could be used to promote better water
management, as it was now possible to see the consequences of
drought.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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