Extinctions, depleted groundwater and an uninsurable future are the others, and together they create instability with potentially catastrophic effects
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Efforts are ramping up to make invisible water resources more visible in policy as a solution to drought and climate change
The Southern African region has vast groundwater resources, but only 1.5% is being used
The trees are being felled along the Breede River and the biomass sold back to their native Australia
Many African countries tend to mismanage their groundwater resources
A vulnerability map could help assess the risks associated with fracking and groundwater which around 300 towns depend on in South Africa’s Karoo