EPISODE · Jun 30, 2024 · 44 MIN
Was it Justifiable to Drain the Aral Sea for Cotton Farming?
from His Story on History
In the final episode of my EPQ mini-series about why the Soviet Union drained the world's 4th largest lake and whether it was justifiable to do so for cotton farming, we analyse the positive economic effects of the cotton industry against the negative social, environmental and economic effects of the Aral Sea's destruction itself.
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Was it Justifiable to Drain the Aral Sea for Cotton Farming?
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