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Don’t Forget About Water in 2023
January 21st, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, an article on water, a finite resource will have plenty of countries on edge in the coming year: On Jan. 16, the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources announced that Beijing invested more than 1 trillion yuan ($148 billion) on water resource management in 2022, a whopping 44 percent increase from the previous year. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Potential Chinese Hydro Cooperation With Pakistan Under CPEC
January 15th, 2023
Via Technology Times, a report on potential Chinese and Pakistani hydro cooperation under CPEC activities: Pakistan has proposed water resource management and climate change as potential areas of collaboration under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) long-term strategy, according to reports. The majority of fresh water used in CPEC is consumed for agricultural irrigation, which has an […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Between India And China, A River At The Centre Of Power Politics
December 30th, 2022
Via Outlook India , a report on how the border dispute and low levels of trust between China and India have prevented a water-sharing treaty or a more formalized water management system for the Brahmaputra river, of the sort that exists in the Nile, Mekong, or Danube basins: Just a few days after the Chinese […]
Read more »Cambodia Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status to Protect Mekong’s Biodiversity From Chinese Dam
December 30th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on Cambodia’s efforts to protect Mekong biodiversity from the threat of a Chinese dam: A bold Cambodian plan to secure World Heritage status along their stretch of the Mekong, where the free-flowing river has sustained some of the world’s greatest biodiversity, could provide much-needed respite to a river in danger of dying from dams and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Transboundary Water Governance is a Regional Security Issue in Asia
December 29th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how careful management of Asia’s hydropower resources is essential to ensure its positive impacts on climate change and avoid transboundary river conflicts: The Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush-Himalayan regions, also known as the “Asian water tower,” is the source of 10 major Asian rivers. Abundant glacier ice […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Dam Plans Threaten China’s Migratory Bird Haven
December 23rd, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on the impact that a planned Chinese dam may have upon a key migratory bird resource: Spooked by a historic drought, local authorities in China have renewed controversial plans to dam the country’s biggest freshwater lake. But environmentalists warn damming Poyang Lake, a winter stopover for over half a million […]
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