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The Thirsty Dragon: China To Roll Out Seven Pilot Markets For Trading Water Rights
July 24th, 2014
Via Reuters, a report on China’s plan to roll out seven pilot water trading schemes: China has picked seven provinces to host pilot markets for trade in water rights, as the government battles a spreading water crisis that threatens to curtail economic growth and hurt food production. The move is the latest sign that China […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Helps Nepal Develop Hydropower
July 24th, 2014
Via Reuters, a report on India’s plan to offer Nepal help in hydropower development: India is set to offer Nepal a landmark pact to help develop its huge hydro-electric power potential as the South Asian giant takes another step to re-assert influence among smaller neighbours where China has been forging closer ties. Prime Minister Narendra […]
Read more »Damming The Mekong River: Economic Boon Or Environmental Mistake?
July 23rd, 2014
Via NPR, a report on Laos’ plans to dam the Mekong river: The Mekong is Southeast Asia’s most storied river. Its rich biodiversity though has been under threat for decades from things like overfishing and overpopulation. Environmentalists are now adding dams to that list. Towards the headwaters of the Mekong is Laos, one of the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: How China Is Destroying Its Own Water Supply
July 23rd, 2014
Via Foreign Affairs, a look at China’s water crisis: A man leads camels at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. On the grasslands of the Tibetan plateau, one sometimes hears a strange chattering — an excited buzz that seems to emanate from the earth itself. Anyone who stops to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Hidden Water Footprint
July 21st, 2014
Via Science Daily, an interesting graphic that shows the flows of “virtual scarce water” from the Xinjiang province to other provinces in China: Many developed regions in China are not only drawing from their own water resources but also contributing to water depletion in other water-scarce regions of the country through imports of food and […]
Read more »‘Water War’ Threatens Syria Lifeline
July 18th, 2014
Via Al Jazeera, a report on how Syria’s water supplies have dropped in key areas due to a sharp increase in production at the rebel-controlled Euphrates Dam: When severe water cuts began to hit Aleppo province in early May, residents started referring to a “water war” being waged at the expense of civilians. Images of […]
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