Water footprints around the Mediterranean

This infographic shows the water footprint in the Mediterranean region. Data are based on the paper "Moving water use efficiency up the food chain: addressing water footprints of food consumption and foot wastage in the Mediterranean" by Roberto Capone, Hamid el-Bilali, Philipp Debs, Gianluigi Cardone, Nicola Lamaddalena presented for the 1st CIGR Inter-Regional Conference on Land and Water Challenges organized by the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR) and CIHEAM – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy, on 10-14 September 2013.

 

This infographic was first published in Revolve Water. Building on Revolve’s award-winning special report Water Around the Mediterranean, Revolve Water aims to raise awareness about water issues and to promote solutions to address water scarcity around the Mediterranean and beyond. The platform features the latest news,insightful articles, exclusive interviews, photo essays, and forthcoming special reports on Energy & Water (2014) and Water Around South Korea (2015). To contribute articles, photos, interviews and ideas, please contact: water@revolve-magazine.com