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India & China: A Dam(n) Race on the Brahmaputra
April 12th, 2009
Via The Tibetan Plateau blog, a report that India and China may be about to undertake a race to dam the Brahmaputra. As the article notes: “…Worried that China might build a very big dam on the Brahmaputra River near its borders, India has recently approved two big dams of their own, “in principle”, on […]
Read more »China’s Water Politics
April 4th, 2009
Via SAISPHERE 2008, David Lampton offers an interesting examination of water politics in China. As the article notes: “The politics of water in China provides a window on Chinese politics and society. Through this window one sees the complexity of governance in a society with 20 percent of the world’s population and how vulnerable the […]
Read more »Hands on The Tap: China, Israel, and U.S.
March 31st, 2009
Via The Nation, an interesting article positing further that the next resource wars will be fought, not over oil, but over water. As the article notes: “…Maude Barlow, senior advisor to the United Nations on water issues, wrote that the way in which we view water “will in large part determine whether our future is […]
Read more »Dam Development in Tibet Affecting Downstream Nations
March 31st, 2009
Via The Tibetan Plateau blog, a report on dam development in the Tibetan areas of Brahmaputra and Mekong that will impact downstream nations. As the article notes: 1. Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo), one of the last two free-flowing, undammed major rivers in Tibet, AND China, is also being dammed. Salween is the other major river that […]
Read more »China Builds A Dam on The Indus Without Informing Downstream Users
March 26th, 2009
Via The International News, a report that – without informing the other users of Indus River – China has built a dam at catchment area of the river in Tibet at Senge-Ali. As the article notes: “…Alice Albinia, a British journalist and writer who recently visited Indus up to its roots, wrote in her book […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Hoping For The Best, Planning For The Thirst
March 11th, 2009
Via Yale’s Environment 360, a report that China is planning to construct 59 reservoirs in the country’s far-western province of Xinjiang to trap runoff from rapidly melting glaciers in some of Asia’s highest mountains. As the article notes: “…Chinese officials said their goal is to retain runoff that might otherwise trickle into the region’s high […]
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