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1 | 9 Quietly Profound Photos From Kyrgyzstan That Foreshadow Central Asia's Water Wars | Sary 9 Avy Ao Kyrgyzstan, Maneho Ny Zava-misy, Manambara Adin'ny Rano Ao Azia Afovoany |
2 | Finding safe drinking water is difficult in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan. | Sarotra ny mahita rano fisotro madio ao amin'ny faritr'i Batken ao Kyrgyzstan. |
3 | Due to the many dams nearby, rivers dry up, and people find themselves forced to fight for every drop of water. | Miharìtra ny renirano noho ny fisian'ireo tohodrano maro manakaiky ny faritra, ka lasa tsy maintsy miady mafy ny olona mba hahazoana teten-drano kely fotsiny. |
4 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. | Sary avy amin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. |
5 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
6 | The original version of this piece was first published on Creative Time Reports. | Nalefa tamin'ny Creative Time Reports ny lahatsoratra tena izy voalohany tamin'ity lahatsoratra ity. |
7 | Photos by Fyodor Savintsev, text by Katya Kazbek and Global Voices Central Asia Editor Chris Rickleton. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev, lahatsoratra nataon'i Katya Kazbek ary i Chris Rickleton , mpamoiaka lahatsoratry ny Global Voices ao Azia Afovoany. |
8 | Today 780 million people lack access to drinking water. | Olona miisa 780 tapitrisa ankehitriny no tsy mahazo rano fisotro madio. |
9 | The lack of this precious resource in Central Asia, not only traps people in situations of dire need and sanitary hazard; it also foreshadows the rise of “water wars”-cross-border skirmishes over access to water that aggravate ecological strife and give the region sharp political overtones. | Tsy mamandrika ireo olona mila rano maika sy ireo mety harary noho ny tsy fahampian-drano fotsiny ny tsy fisian'io harena sarobidy io ao Azia Afovoany, fa koa, mampananontanina mafy ny ” adin'ny rano” - manamafy ihany koa ny fifandirana eo amin'ireo faritra mifanakaiky amin'ny fahazoan-drano, izay vao maika mampikorontana ny tontolo iainana ary mahatonga ilay faritra ho tena misy fifandirana politika. |
10 | Kurambaev Almaz, 69, lives with his wife more than 100 miles away from the nearest town in Kyrgyzstan's Osh Province. | i Kurambaev Almaz, 69 taona, mipetraka miaraka amin'ny vadiny ao Osh, Faritanin'i Kyrgyzstan, any amin'ny toerana maherin'ny 100 km miala ny tanàn-dehibe akaiky indrindra. |
11 | Almaz travels by donkey into the mountains to find drinking water. | Mitaingina ampondra mitety ireo tendrombohitra i Almaz, mba hitady rano fisotro madio. |
12 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2008. | Sary avy amin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, taona 2008. |
13 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
14 | By 2030 nearly half the world's population will inhabit areas of “high water stress,” according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. | Amin'ny taona 2030, eo ho eo amin'ny antsasaky ny mponina eto an-tany no hiaina amin'ny faritra “tsy ampy rano,” araka ny nambaran'ny Fikambanana Farimbona ary Fampivoarana ara-toekarena (OECD/OCDE) . |
15 | Central Asia is divided into water-rich upstream and water-poor downstream states. | Mizara ho firenena manankarena rano eny amin'ny fiantombohany ary mahantra rano any amin'ny fiafaràny, i Azia Afovoany. |
16 | The fact that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the upstream countries, have the two weakest economies in the region might be seen as nature's way of offsetting material poverty with ecological abundance. | I Tajikistan sy Kyrgyzstan, ireo firenena hita any amin'ny fiatombohan'ny rano, no firenena roa anisan'ny mahantra ara-toekarena indrindra ao amin'ny faritra, dia mety afaka jerena ho famenon'ny fahantràna ara-materialy noho ny zinan'ny natiora eo amin'ny tontolo iainany. |
17 | Still, the balance of resources in Central Asia is far from a happy one. | Tena mbola lavitry ny mety anefa ny fifandanjan'ny otrikarena ao Azia Afovoany. |
18 | Currently some Kyrgyz lawmakers are toying with the idea of cutting the flow of water to semi-arid Uzbekistan, the nation with the region's largest population and standing army, after Uzbekistan cut gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh in April. | Ankehitriny, sy sasany amin'ireo Kyrgyz mpanao lalàna dia mieritreritra ny hanapaka ny fikorianan'ny rano any amin'ilay tany efa ho maina any Ozbekistan, firenena misy faritra be mponina indrindra ary fipetrahana miaramila maharitra, taorian'ny nanapahan'i Ozbekistan ny famatsiana entona ny tanànan'i Osha ao atsimon'i Kyrgyzstan tamin'ny volana Aprily. |
19 | View of the road through Kyrgyzstan's Kalmak-Ashu Pass, which is more than two miles above sea level. | Sarin'ny lalana mamakivaky ny Kalmak-Ashu Pass ao Kirghizistan, izay maherin'ny roa km ambonin'ny ranomasina. |
20 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2008. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2008. |
21 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
22 | Uzbekistan's decision to cut Osh's gas may well have its origins in a long-running water dispute. Officials in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, are aghast at Kyrgyz and Tajik plans to build giant hydroelectric dams upstream of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers. | Mety avy amin'ny fifandirana noho ny rano, efa naharitra ela izay, no antony nanapahan'i Ozbekistan ny entona any Osh. Ketraka amin'ny drafitrasa Kyrgyz sy Tajik hanamboatra tohodrano any amin'ny fiatombohan'ny renirano any Syr Darya sy Amo Darya, ireo tompon'andrakitra ao Tashkent, renivohitr'i Ozbekistan. |
23 | A family drinks water from a pipe jutting out of the mountains in the Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan. | Fianakaviana misotro rano avy amin'ny fantsona mivoaka ao amin'ny tendrombohitra, ao amin'ny faritr'i Naryn ao Kyrgyzstan. |
24 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2013. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2013. |
25 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
26 | Uzbekistan relies on these water sources for its strategically vital agricultural sector, and fears the dams will provide difficult neighbors with the leverage to delay the release of water. | Miankina amin'ireny loharano ireny i Ozbekistan ho an'ireo faritra fambolena tena iankinan'ny ain'ny fireneny, ary matahotra ny hoe mety hiteraka olana amin'ireo tany mifanila aminy io tohodrano io, amin'ny “valy fingìka, fingàka” mba hanemorana ny famoahana ny rano. |
27 | In 2012 Uzbekistan's president, Islam Karimov, warned that moving forward with these plans without regard for downstream states like Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan could lead to a full-blown war. | Tamin'ny taona 2012, efa nampitandrina ny filohan'i Ozbekistan, Islam Karimov, hoe mety hitondra amin'ny tena ady tsy misy indrafo ny fitazonana sy fampiharana io drafitrasa io, ny tsy fijerena akory ireo firenena any amin'ny faritra ambany iafaràn'ny rano, tahaka an'i Ozbekistan sy i Kazakhstan. |
28 | Lake Issyk Kul is the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan and the tenth-largest lake in the world by volume. | Ny farihin'i Issyk Kul no farihy lehibe indrindra any Kyrgyzstan ary eo amin'ny laharana faha folo amin'ny farihy eto an-tany raha ny habeny. |
29 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. |
30 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
31 | Water problems are not limited to conflicts between the region's states, but extend to clashes within states and between communities living in them. | Tsy mijanona fotsiny eo amin'ny fifandirana eo amin'ireo firenena ao amin'ny faritra ny olan'ny rano, fa mihitatra ho lasa fifandonana ao amin'ireo firenena sy ny fokonolona monina ao aminy mihitsy. |
32 | They also arise from crumbling Soviet-era infrastructure. | Anisan'ny anton'io ihany koa ny fahapotehan'ireo foto-drafitrasa tamin'ny andron'ny Sôvietika. |
33 | Upstream Kyrgyzstan, for instance, loses a third of its water wealth through holes in decaying irrigation networks. | Ohatra fotsiny, very ampahatelony ny rano noho ireo lavaka nateraky ny fahasimban'ny tambajotra famatsiana rano any amin'ny fiavian'ny rano any Kyrgyzstan. |
34 | This problem is critical in rural areas, where large amounts of water are crucial for the growth of crops. | Henjana be io olana io any amin'ireo faritra ambanivohitra, izay tena ilaina tokoa ny fahabetsahan'ny rano mba hampitombo tsara ny vokatra. |
35 | A shepherd boy watches a herd of cows as he stands on a tree stump near Lake Issyk Kul. | Ankizilahy mpiandry omby mijery andiana ombivavy, eo ambony tapaka hazo eo akaikin'ny farihy Issyk Kul. |
36 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2013. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2013. |
37 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
38 | To keep produce from drying out, desperate Kyrgyz villagers have set up handmade dams that divert the local rivers and make irrigation accessible. | Mba tsy haha-maina makiana ny fambolena, nanao tohodrano vita tànana ireo mponina eo an-toerana efa tena kivy, ao Kyrgyz, izay mampivily ny renirano eo an-toerana mba ahafahana mitarika rano. |
39 | Their actions have led to drought in downstream communities. | Lasa tratran'ny haintany anefa ireo fokonolona any amin'ny faritra iafaran'ny rano noho izany. |
40 | In areas like the Kyrgyz region of Batken, where few can objectively verify where Kyrgyzstan ends and Tajikistan starts, violent clashes between Kyrgyz and Tajik villagers over irrigation water have become commonplace. | Any amin'ny toerana toa an'i Kyrgyz, faritra ao Batken, izay vitsy ihany no afaka mamantatra marina hoe hatraiza no fiafaràn'i Kyrgyzstan ary aiza no iantombohan'i Tajikistan, lasa hita matetika ny fifandonana mahery eo amin'ireo fokonolona ao Kyrgyz sy Tajik noho ilay fitarihan-drano. |
41 | Both sides accuse the other of stealing. | Mifampiampanga ho nangalatra ny andaniny roa. |
42 | A quarry filled with water from melting snow in the Nookat region of Kyrgyzstan. | Toeram-pitrandrahana lasa feno rano avy amin'ny fitsoniky ny ranomandry, ao amin'ny faritr'i Nookat ao Kyrgyzstan. |
43 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. |
44 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny Tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
45 | But Central Asia's water scarcity is just a snapshot of a broader crisis with grave consequences for the whole Asian continent, according to several Russian scientists studying the ramifications of the water shortage. | Fa ampahany fotsiny amin'ny krizin-tsisintany io tsy fahampian'ny rano ao Azia Afovoany io, izay mbola hihitatra hisy vokany tena ratsy hiseho any amin'ny tanibe an'i Azia, araka ireo Rosiana maro mpikaroka ara-tsiansa manadihady ny fifsampantsampanan'ny tsy fahampian-drano. |
46 | Military officers guard the entrance to the Kambaratinsk Dam on the Naryn River. | Miaramila manamboninahitra miambina ny fidirana ao amin'ny tohodrano ao Kambaratinsk, eo amin'ny renirano Naryn. |
47 | The Kambar-Ati-1 Hydro Power Plant at the base of the dam, largely financed through a $2 billion Russian aid package, will have a capacity of approximately 1,900 megawatts. | Ilay toby Kambar-Ati-1 famokarana herinaratra azo avy amin'ny rano eo am-pototr'ilay tohodrano, voavatsy ara-bola mitentina 2 lavitrisa dolara amin'ny ampahany betsaka avy any amin'ny fanampian'ny Rosiana, ahazoana heriaratra eo ho eo amin'ny 1.900 megawatt eo. |
48 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. |
49 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny Tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
50 | In China, a giant population and large-scale commercial activities are placing huge pressure on the Illi and Irtysh rivers, both of which flow into Kazakhstan, the latter connecting with the Ob in Russia. | Any Shina, vahoaka maro sy ireo asa fivarotana goavana maro no mametraka tsindry mafy amin'ny renirano IIIi sy Irtysh, izay samy mivarina any Kazakhstan daholo, ity farany izay mivarina ao amin'i Ob any Rosia. |
51 | Further draining of the Ob-Irtysh basin will cause irreparable damage to all of Asia, threatening vast expanses of fertile lands, jeopardizing the fishing industry and severely harming the Russian part of the Arctic Ocean. | Sady amin'izay indray, hiteraka fahasimbàna be tsy ho voaavotra ho an'ny Azia manontolo ny fandrìtana ny siniben'i Ob-Irtysh, mety hanimba tany mahavokatra midadasika be, hamotika ny indostrian'ny jono ihany koa ary hanimba be ny faritra Rosiana ao amin'ny Oseana Arktika. |
52 | Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the irrigation system in Kyrgyzstan has fallen into decay. | Hatrizay naharava ny Vondrona Sôvietika izay, simba tanteraka ny rafitra fitarihan-drano ao Kyrgyzstan. |
53 | Photo by Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. | Sary avy tamin'i Fyodor Savintsev / Salt Images, 2012. |
54 | Copyright: Creative Time Reports, used with permission. | Zon'ny Tompony: Creative Time Reports, nahazoana alalana ny nampiasana azy. |
55 | Central Asia's water conflicts are often perceived as local skirmishes of little significance to the rest of the world. | Ataon'ny any amin'ny firenena rehetra hafa ho toy ireo fifandonana kely tsy dia misy lanjany any an-toerana fotsiny ny fifandirana rano ao Azia Afovoany. |
56 | But as the water levels in the region diminish with every passing year, the anguish of dry spells will drive more and more people to enter into conflict. | Saingy satria mihena ny fandrin-drano isan-taona, mahatonga ny olona hifandramatra hatrany ny fahatahorana ny fotoan'ny haintany. |
57 | A point of no return for this socio-ecological disaster is drawing nearer. | Efa mananontanona akaiky io loza tsy afaka iverenana momba ny tontolo iainana sy sosialy io. |
58 | Shedding light on the situation is of pivotal importance today, while there is still time to prevent the water shortages-and the wars that will come with them-from spreading. | Tena zava-dehibe tokoa ankehitriny ny manazava io toe-javatra io, dieny mbola azo sorohana ny tsy fisian'ny rano, sy ny ady izay hiseho miaraka amin'izany, amin'ny fizaràna sy fanaparitahana ny zava-misy. |