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Will An Ethiopia Dam Turn Lake Turkana Into ‘Endless Battlefield’?
Via The Guardian, a report on the potential impact of Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam on Kenyans living near world’s largest [...]
The Thirsty Dragon: Diverting The Indus To Xinjiang
Via Claude Arpi, some interesting commentary on a possible Chinese plan to divert the Indus river towards Xinjiang: On Christmas [...]
Water Politics In The Tigris-Euphrates Basin
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of issues related to headwater management in the Tigris-Euphrates basin: Controlling the headwaters of [...]
Geopolitics Of The Brahmaputra-Ganges-Meghna River Basin
Courtesy of On People, Rivers, and Migration, an interesting article on the geopolitics of the Brahmaputra-Ganges-Meghna River Basin: Figure 1: [...]
Indonesia: Disjointed Islands Make Water Scarcity A Problem
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of Indonesia’s water scarcity challenges: Indonesia is in a transitional period as new [...]
Thirsty Agriculture: Water Source For California Almonds May Run Dry
Courtesy of the New York Times, an interesting article on the water-food nexus in the United States: California’s almond orchards [...]

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