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Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Working To Resolve Water Tension
October 20th, 2017
Via Jamestown Central Asia Monitor, a report on how – in a landmark shift in bilateral relations – Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have begun resolving and cooperating in border delimitation and water issues, including a plan of joint construction of a major hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan: Transboundary water sharing is one of the most contentious issues […]
Read more »How Big Water Projects Helped Trigger Africa’s Migrant Crisis
October 17th, 2017
Via Yale’s e360, a report on how major dam and irrigation projects are drying up the wetlands that sustain life in the arid Sahel region of Africa, resulting in a wave of environmental refugees: People in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri gather along the seasonal Ngadda River, which feeds into Lake Chad. The Hadejia-Nguru […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Balancing Water Security With Economic Development On China’s Water Tower
October 17th, 2017
Via China Water Risk, a detailed look at the Tarim Basin – China’s ‘Water Tower’ with 41% of its ice but also >1/3 of it faces ‘extremely high’ water stress – where China must balance water security with economic development: The Tarim River, running over 1,321km across Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is China’s longest inland […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Why Do Hydro-Hegemons Cooperate?
October 17th, 2017
Via the Global Water Forum, an article on China’s and India’s transboundary river policies: Hydro-hegemons are states which assert power over other riparian states in a shared river basin. In Asia, both China and India are hydro-hegemons. China is the upstream riparian on many of Asia’s most important international rivers, including the Mekong, Brahmaputra, Sutlej, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: How The World’s Largest Water Diversion Project Benefits Beijing
October 16th, 2017
Via China Daily, a look at how the world’s largest water diversification project benefits Beijing:
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Fight Against Deserts Could Hurt Its Water Security
October 16th, 2017
Via The Conversation, a report on how China’s afforestation programs over the year to make drylands viable for its economy will also make China’s water crisis worse, as more trees need more water to grow: For the first time, China has hosted a major global event on desertification and land degradation, the Cop-13, United Nations Convention […]
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