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Bone-Dry Australia Faces Backlash Against Dam Projects
July 19th, 2020
Via The Wall Street Journal, at look at how – as Australian authorities seek to maximize water use – they are clashing with indigenous communities and environmentalists over dams: To indigenous Australians Isabel and George Coe, the hills near a 280-foot-tall dam here are part of a sacred landscape that is dotted with burials and […]
Read more »Is Diplomacy Running Out On Egypt-Ethiopia Dispute Over Nile Dam?
July 18th, 2020
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at the Grand Renaissance Dam and ongoing regional tensions over the Nile: A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba, Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019. The filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s reservoir was not initiated by Ethiopian government action, but rather the alignment […]
Read more »Iraq Faces Severe Shortages As River Flows Drop
July 18th, 2020
Via The Hour, commentary on the impact of Turkish water projects on regional supplies: Iraq’s minister of water resources says his country will face severe water shortages if agreements are not forged with neighboring Turkey over Ankara’s irrigation and dam projects that have decreased river inflows to Iraq’s parched plains. Descending from the mountains of […]
Read more »Why the Nile Constitutes a New Kind of Water Dispute – and Why That’s Dangerous
July 16th, 2020
Via The Center for Climate & Security, an article on the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Ever since workers first broke ground on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, international commenters have fixated on the Nile as a possible harbinger of future ‘water wars’ to come. And almost since then, water experts have […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Is the Mekong River The Next South China Sea?
July 16th, 2020
Via Future Directions International, a report on Chinese intentions towards the Mekong River and mainland southeast Asia: Key Points The Mekong River is one of the most threatened rivers in the world, largely due to the rapid increase in the number of large operational hydropower dams. Most of those dams are located within China and could […]
Read more »“Water Wars” are Turning into a Weapon of Mass Destruction
July 15th, 2020
Via The New Eastern Outlook Journal, commentary on the risk that water wars will lead to increased conflict: “Water wars” caused by drought, crop failures, and a shortage of fresh water are as urgent nowadays for the public in many areas as the use of nuclear bombs, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. […]
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