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Peace Through Water? Why South Asia Needs A Kabul River Treaty
December 2nd, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting report on south Asia water tensions emanating from the Kabul River. As the article notes: Pakistan is once again accusing India of water hegemony. This time, however, the accusation refers not to Indian damming of the Western Rivers in the disputed regions of Jammu and Kashmir, but to Indian support […]
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The Thirsty Dragon: Dam Building Plans For China
December 1st, 2011
Courtesy of Meltdown in Tibet, a survey of Chinese dam building plans: This map shows a projected dam at Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo river with capacity of 38,000MW, which would be more than double that of the Three Gorges Dam (shown on this map at 18,200MW). The map shows plans for dams in […]
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The Thirsty Dragon: Tibetan Rivers At Risk And The New Great Walls (Of Concrete)
December 1st, 2011
Via Meltdown in Tibet, some interesting comments and charts on hydropower development on the Tibetan Plateau: “The world is facing a massive freshwater crisis, which has the potential to be every bit as devastating as climate change. We need business leaders and governments to recognise that climate change is not the only urgent environmental issue […]
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