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The Thirsty Dragon: China Farmers Washed Away As Beijing Taps Water From South
December 9th, 2014
Via Seed Daily, a look at impact that China’s South – North diversion project is having upon rural farmers: Before their villages were submerged beneath a gargantuan scheme to move water hundreds of kilometres to China’s arid north, government officials promised farmers better lives far from their ancestral homes. Water is due to start flowing […]
Read more »Nepal, Hydropower And Geopolitics: Balancing Interests In The Tibetan Plateau
December 4th, 2014
Via Future Directions International, an interesting look at the impact that the rapid development of hydro power projects in Nepal may have upon the surrounding region: Key Points Less than one per cent of Nepal’s enormous hydropower potential is currently utilised. Large-scale hydropower projects could generate enough power to satisfy domestic demand and enable the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Potential Indian/Chinese Tension Over Securitization Of Water
December 1st, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting look at the potential for tension between India and China over the securitization of water: A day after China commissioned the biggest hydro-power plant in Tibet on 23 November 2014, India named National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval as its Special Representative on the boundary talks with Beijing. This means […]
Read more »South Asia’s Hydro-Politics
December 1st, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, an interesting examination of South Asia’s hydro-politics: IT IS a thrill trekking beside the upper Marsyangdi river in northern Nepal. On view are spectacular waterfalls and cliffs, snowy Himalayan peaks, exotic birds and butterflies. But just where tourists and villagers delight in nature, hydropower engineers and economists have long been frustrated; […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Upstream Dilemma
November 16th, 2014
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a detailed look at China’s international water “reach”: China’s international freshwaters, shared with more than 20 riparian countries (North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan (Kashmir), Afghanistan, India and Vietnam) and autonomous regions, provides the region with a unique opportunity to enhance transboundary cooperation. With the […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Security And The Mighty Rivers Of Tibet
November 4th, 2014
Via the Foundation for Non Violent Alternatives, an article on India’s water security and the rivers of Tibet: The Tibetan Plateau is environmentally one of the most vulnerable places on earth. It is rich and varied with abundant plant and wildlife diversity, water resources, glaciers and grasslands all of which play a vital role in […]
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