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Russia: “We must not buy Perrier…we must sell our water abroad.”
October 28th, 2010
Via Window on Eurasia, an interesting report that Russia is considering selling some of its water abroad. As the article notes: “…Moscow is making plans to exploit its position as a “fresh water superpower†and sell some of its holdings of this increasingly precious commodity to water-short neighbors and other countries further afield, according to […]
Read more »When The Water Ends: Africa’s Climate Conflicts
October 27th, 2010
Courtesy of Yale’s e360 blog, a report and video on how water scarcity and drought has led to increasing conflict between tribal groups in Ethiopia and Kenya as pastoral communities kill each other over water and grass. As the article notes: “…For thousands of years, nomadic herdsmen have roamed the harsh, semi-arid lowlands that stretch […]
Read more »Lake Balkhash: Becoming A Second Aral Sea?
October 27th, 2010
Courtesy of Window on Eurasia, an interesting report on the possibility that – as a Russian commentator recently stated – Lake Balkhash, the 12th largest lake in the world, is on the way to becoming “a second Aral Sea,†but one with potentially even more serious political consequences because both the causes of the lake’s […]
Read more »Geopolitics of Aquifer Management
October 16th, 2010
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how new agreements may offer hope to better aquifer management among nation states. As the article notes: “…CLEMENT weather and plentiful water mean that Punjab produces an eighth of India’s total food grains. But the water table has dropped by ten metres since 1973 and the rate of […]
Read more »The New Oil: A Race To Buy The World’s Water?
October 16th, 2010
Via Newsweek, a report on the race to “buy up the world’s water”. While the author may not agree fully with all their points, the article does bring home the issue of privatization and the likelihood that private ventures/initiatives will likely give rise to increased water tensions & politics in the years ahead. As the […]
Read more »Egypt Boosts Investment & Cooperation In Ethiopia To Help Release Water Tension
October 15th, 2010
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report that Egypt’s increased investments in Ethiopia may help defuse rising tensions over Nile water allocations. As the article notes: “…Egypt’s increased investments in Ethiopia this year will help boost cooperation between the two Nile Basin states, Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Nasreddin Allam said, the […]
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