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Himalayan Glacial Melt And The Threat of Water Conflict In Asia
October 5th, 2009
Courtesy of CNN, a sober report on the recession of Himalayan glaciers and the threat of conflict arising over diminised water resources. As the article notes: “…The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on […]
Read more »Hydropolitical Vulnerability in Asia
September 30th, 2009
Via WaterWired, a summary of the Asian section of the UNEP report on hydrovulnerability, in particular the conclusions reached on the West Asia basins (Jordan, Asi-Orontes, Tigris-Euphrates/Shatt Al Arab, Kura-Araks, An Nahr Al Kabir River basin, Aral Sea). As the report notes: “…The transboundary basins in West Asia show signs of both resiliency and vulnerability, […]
Read more »East Africa: Aquacalypse Now
September 30th, 2009
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on a looming water crisis in East Africa that is likely to give rise to increased violence in this already fragile part of the world. As the article notes: “…This year’s drought is the worst in east Africa since 2000, and possibly since 1991. Famine stalks the land. The […]
Read more »Water Wars – Between Industries
September 30th, 2009
While this blog normally examines water allocation and scarcity issues between various transnational or other jurisdictions, this New York Times article reports on the increasing likelihood of water “wars” breaking out between industries or corporations as scarcity becomes more and more prevalent. We have long held that biofuels are an exceedingly inefficient use of water […]
Read more »Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Environmental Security
September 29th, 2009
Via Aquadoc, news that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is publishing a series on the hydropolitical vulnerability and resilence of international water resources on all the inhabited continents. As the article notes: “… a nation is hydropolitically vulnerable if there is the potential for conflict to arise with another nation(s) over a particular international […]
Read more »A Dying Aral Sea Gives Rise To Increased Tensions In The Region
September 29th, 2009
Via Window on Eurasia, a report that demise of the Aral Sea, the loss of which is already having an adverse effect on two-thirds of the 50 million people in Central Asia, is rapidly increasing tensions in the capitals of the five countries of the region and could spark new and larger military conflicts among […]
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