" Desertification in itself is n’t because of clime variety , it ’s make by the misuse of demesne and water . Global warming only intensifies it , " stated Ruben Vives , one of the spokesman for the Spanish grouping of Ecologists in Action . The utilization of water as a imagination is one of the issues of concern for the organization . The solution , grant to Ecologists in Action , is to accommodate the crops to the available water . The only option to do so , they stress , is to reduce the area cultivate in the region . " It is n’t an easy measuring rod , but it is a necessary one , " they acknowledge .

ReportThe former written report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) depicts a bleak future clime scenario and the Mediterranean producing regions will have to face some of the harsh effect of climate change in Europe in the number years . In addition , the increase in temperature and evapotranspiration , together with the step-down in rainfall and extreme phenomenon , can trigger desertification mental process in arid area such as the region of Murcia .

The enlargement of water cultivation has not lay off growing for four tenner and it has transformed the neighborhood ’s ground , Ruben Vives read . " Irrigation imply that all the usable resources , and even those that we do not have , go to the craw , " Vives state . concord to datum provided by Ecologists in Action , the region waste more than twice the water it produces naturally . " And more than 90 % of it is used to irrigate crop . This is unsustainable , " he stated .

" In late decades we have go out springs dry up , the weewee from the wells that supply irrigation communities add up from deeper below and has high brininess . " Using salty water increases the salinity of the land and degrades the land . Thus , we take another measure towards desertification . "

Juan Andres Garcia Valero , a deputy spokesperson for the Aemet in Murcia , said that if measures are not take before long , by 2050 the ordinary temperature in the region will have increased by 2 to 4 degrees . harmonize to IPCC forecasts , the rain in the biotic community will have decreased by 20 to 40 % by then , Garcia added . In addition , there will be an increase in dry periods , so there will be less accessibility of water in the stain .

" The southeast is going to be one of the areas most affected by climate change . The temperature will increase and there will be less rainfall , which will generate capital water stress and irrigators will require to extract more water system . However , we have already exceeded the capability for renewal of the water imagination we have , " Vives alerted .

Source : laopiniondemurcia.es