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The Thirsty Dragon: Managing China’s Thousands Of Dams In An Era of Climate Change
August 13th, 2021
Via Quartz, an article on China’s challenge of managing thousands of dams in an era of climate change: The Yangtze river’s periodic flooding was one of the reasons China built the Three Gorges dam, the largest addition to the country’s network of tens of thousands of dams. The idea was that by storing and then […]
Read more »Belt and Road Dam In Cambodia Branded A ‘Disaster’ For Local Communities
August 10th, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how Chinese-funded projects threaten a food crisis in the Mekong river delta: A Chinese-financed dam in Cambodia, part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, has been a human rights “disaster” for indigenous and ethnic minority communities, according to a report published on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch claims the […]
Read more »What Is Causing Lake Balkhash To Shrink?
July 29th, 2021
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, an article on Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan: Balkhash, the largest lake in Kazakhstan (14th in the world), could dry up and repeat the fate of the Aral Sea due to China’s intensive water withdrawal, unsustainable agriculture and the effects of climate change. How does Kazakhstan solve the problem […]
Read more »Egypt Hopes China Can Break Deadlock In Nile Dam Dispute
July 22nd, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on how Egypt has turned to China, hoping its leverage will help sway Ethiopia to negotiate on a deal over the dam’s water management: Egypt is following a new policy course on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in latest bid to get Ethiopia to agree to sign a legally binding deal […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Plans To Divert Excess Water Under Indus Treaty For Irrigation
July 6th, 2021
Via Mint, a report on India’s plans to fully utilize its share of water under the Indus treaty: India is working on exercising its rights to stop excess water flowing to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 to irrigate its own lands, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said. After nine years of negotiations, […]
Read more »Mekong River Commission Calls for Improved Hydropower Data Sharing
July 1st, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on the Mekong River Commission’s efforts to improve hydropower data sharing: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has urged China and its Southeast Asian member states to share more data on hydropower operations that are contributing to the increasingly wild fluctuation in water levels on the vital waterway. In its latest situation report, released […]
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