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The Thirsty Dragon: China Farmers Washed Away As Beijing Taps Water From South
December 9th, 2014
Via Seed Daily, a look at impact that China’s South – North diversion project is having upon rural farmers: Before their villages were submerged beneath a gargantuan scheme to move water hundreds of kilometres to China’s arid north, government officials promised farmers better lives far from their ancestral homes. Water is due to start flowing […]
Read more »Nepal, Hydropower And Geopolitics: Balancing Interests In The Tibetan Plateau
December 4th, 2014
Via Future Directions International, an interesting look at the impact that the rapid development of hydro power projects in Nepal may have upon the surrounding region: Key Points Less than one per cent of Nepal’s enormous hydropower potential is currently utilised. Large-scale hydropower projects could generate enough power to satisfy domestic demand and enable the […]
Read more »Yemen’s Water Crisis: As Nation Dries, Economy Withers
December 2nd, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of Yemen’s water crisis: For all that is said about water scarcity, the term is somewhat misused. Oftentimes, water becomes more difficult to access or becomes more expensive; on a countrywide scale, it remains available in most cases. But some countries are actually running out of water. Yemen is […]
Read more »Threat To World’s Water Security Greater Than Thought
December 2nd, 2014
Via The Financial Times, a new report on the global water crisis: Crucial supplies of water in China, the US, India and other major economies are dwindling so fast that the threat to the world’s water security is far worse than is commonly understood, a prominent hydrologist has warned. The groundwater stored below the earth’s […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Potential Indian/Chinese Tension Over Securitization Of Water
December 1st, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting look at the potential for tension between India and China over the securitization of water: A day after China commissioned the biggest hydro-power plant in Tibet on 23 November 2014, India named National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval as its Special Representative on the boundary talks with Beijing. This means […]
Read more »South Asia’s Hydro-Politics
December 1st, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, an interesting examination of South Asia’s hydro-politics: IT IS a thrill trekking beside the upper Marsyangdi river in northern Nepal. On view are spectacular waterfalls and cliffs, snowy Himalayan peaks, exotic birds and butterflies. But just where tourists and villagers delight in nature, hydropower engineers and economists have long been frustrated; […]
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