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The Parched Tiger: Is Pakistan Sacrificing its Food and Water Security to Outmanoeuvre India?
June 21st, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a look at China’s decision to back Pakistan’s development of the North Indus River Cascade (NIRC), which involves building five dams in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK): Back in May of this year, China pledged to back Pakistan’s development of the North Indus River Cascade (NIRC), which involves building five dams in […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Where Is The Teesta’s Water?
June 19th, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, some detailed background on the Teesta river in West Bengal and Sikkim, a simmering flashpoint to the relationship between India and Bangladesh: The debate over sharing the waters of the Teesta river has become critical to the relationship between Bangladesh and India. Rising in the eastern Himalayas, the Teesta flows through two […]
Read more »Iran Calls For Water Diplomacy With Turkey
June 18th, 2017
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s calls for water diplomacy with Turkey: Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the Department of Environment, has called on the Foreign Ministry to help convince Turkey to abandon its obsession with dam construction. Speaking to ILNA, Ebtekar said the department “has done all it can”, arguing that “the […]
Read more »The Relentless March of Drought – ‘Horseman of the Apocalypse’?
June 8th, 2017
Via Inter Press Service, a sobering article on water scarcity and drought: By 2025 –that’s in less than 8 years from today– 1.8 billion people will experience absolute water scarcity, and two thirds of the world will be living under water-stressed conditions. Now it is feared that advancing drought and deserts, growing water scarcity and […]
Read more »UN: Water A ‘Catalyst’ For Cooperation, Not Conflict
June 8th, 2017
Via UN News Center, a report on UN calls for water to be a catalyst for cooperation vs. conflict: Stressing the importance of diplomacy to prevent and resolve trans-boundary disputes over water resources, Secretary-General António Guterres today told the United Nations Security Council that water serves as “a catalyst” for cooperation among nations, even those that are not […]
Read more »Uzbekistan: Change Of Tune Coming On Roghun Dam?
June 5th, 2017
Via The Times of Central Asia, an article updating the longstanding dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan over the construction of the Tajik Roghun dam: The issue of water resources and their use by Central Asian countries is very sensitive in the region, and is fraught with potential conflicts. The longstanding dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan over the […]
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