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Iran’s Pistachio Farms: Dying Of Thirst
September 6th, 2016
Via Seed Daily, a look at Iran’s water crisis and its impact on agriculture: The pistachio trees at the village in southern Iran are long dead, bleached white by the sun — the underground water reserves sucked dry by decades of over-farming and waste. The last farmers left with their families 10 years ago, and […]
Read more »Chinese Interests in Myanmar’s Dams: Balancing Internal Stability and Development
September 1st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on China’s interest in Myanmar dams: Background The issue of Chinese-constructed Dams in South-East Asia has been the cause of much unrest in recent decades. Myanmar’s stop-start development of the Myistone Dam, one of Myanmar’s largest projects, overseen by the state owned ‘China Power Investment Corporation,’ received extensive coverage after […]
Read more »Indus Basin Groundwater Depletion: Unsteady Footings for India-Pakistan Relations
September 1st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on growing tensions in the Indus Basin: Background In the discourse between India and Pakistan the issue of water sharing has gained prominence this year with the move by Pakistan to take India to The Hague. This was an issue over the damming of the rivers feeding Pakistan, namely […]
Read more »S. Asia Water Basin Supports 750 million, But 60% Is Contaminated
August 30th, 2016
Via Nature World News, a sobering report on Asia’s water contamination crisis: A water crisis has hit southern Asia, but breaks with current global trends and is not caused by depletion of the resource. A large river basin is the main source of groundwater for more than 750 million people in Pakistan, India, Nepal and […]
Read more »Iran Inks Water Deal With France, Sweden
August 29th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s growing international outreach on water: The Iranian Energy Minister Chitchian has reported on signing of new water consumption management contracts with Swedish and French firms. Hamid Chitchian, on the sidelines of a meeting with the visiting French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal, pointed to capacities and potentials of […]
Read more »Water Shortages Hit West Bank Palestinians, Provoking War Of Words
August 25th, 2016
Via Reuters, a report on water shortages in Palestine: At the peak of a searing summer, Palestinians living in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank are suffering from severe water shortages, prompting a war of words between Palestinian and Israeli officials over who is responsible. The Palestinians say Israel is preventing them from accessing adequate […]
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