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The Indus River And Agriculture In Pakistan
December 8th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a look at the Indus River and agriculture in Pakistan: Key Points Agriculture is the second-largest sector of the Pakistani economy, accounting for approximately 21 per cent of GDP. It is highly dependent upon the Indus River system as farmland is mainly irrigated by water from the Indus River and its […]
Read more »Lake Chad: Rising Tensions As Water Dwindles
December 2nd, 2015
Via AllAfrica, a report on how droughts, agricultural irrigation and climate change have reduced Lake Chad’s extent to one-tenth of its former size over the past 35 years and is now giving rise to tensions over its allocation & use: Kanada Souley casts his nets in the low waters of Lake Chad. The 40-year-old is […]
Read more »Tibetan Glacial Melt Threatens Billions
November 30th, 2015
Via Voice of America, a report on the risk that the Tibetan Plateau might soon lose most of its glacier and permafrost, affecting water supplies throughout Asia: With temperatures rising four times faster than anywhere else in Asia, the Tibetan Plateau might soon lose most of its glacier and permafrost, affecting water supplies throughout Asia, Chinese […]
Read more »Water Scarcity: A Global Economic And Security Threat
November 30th, 2015
Via the Globe and Mail, an article on the world’s global water crisis: Conflict over scarce water resources is as old as human history, but in the 21st century, rapidly rising demand for water and threats to supply pose nightmarish risks for people around the globe. The U.S. Defence Department, United Nations’ agencies and the […]
Read more »The Mekong: River Rising Or Troubled Waters?
November 26th, 2015
Via The Guardian, an in-depth look at the Mekong River, where the hydro-political stakes grow as the waters flow south to richer Cambodia and Vietnam: Troubled waters Khamlouvilaivong Vanthong’s first job as a civil engineer was on the Nam Ngum dam. It was 1968 and as he helped cut down the dense jungles to build […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Rush To Dam Rivers Flowing To Other Nations
November 26th, 2015
Via Brahma Chellaney’s Statecraft blog, an interesting look at how China’s rush to dam rivers is flowing to other nations: As if to underscore the contrast between an autocracy and a democracy, China’s recent announcement that all six power-generating units at the world’s highest-elevation dam in Zangmu, Tibet, are now fully operational coincided with protesters stalling movement […]
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