这只是水掠夺的一部分:世界性淡水资源紧张,国家地理淡水新闻系列特别报道了从贫穷的人们、从处于危机中的政府以及从子孙后代手中掠夺土地和水——这种行为是如何威胁到了全球粮食安全、环境承受力和当地文化。Suresh Ponnusami在路边的自家门廊里休息着,他家位于印度南部的纺织之乡Tirupur。但是并不富裕的他在这个发展中国家的边远地区还是拥有一块两英亩的农田,因此他过得还不错。他有一台电视机、一辆车,还有一个女仆给他拿饮料,并且确保他那传统的白色印度长袍每天早上都会被洗干净。他说,他的财富来源于屋旁的一个大 This is just a part of water plunder: the world’s freshwater resources are strained and the National Geographic Series of Freshwater News is particularly about how threatening the behavior of people from the poor, the government in crisis and the looting of land and water from their offspring can threaten Global food security, environmental sustainability and local culture. Suresh Ponnusami rests on his own porch by the roadside, home to Tirupur, a textile town in southern India. But not wealthy, he still owned a two-acre cropland in remote areas of this developing country, so he did well. He had a television set, a car, and a maid took him a drink, and made sure that his traditional white Indian robe was washed every morning. He said his wealth comes from a big house beside the house