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The Thirsty Dragon: China To Roll Out Seven Pilot Markets For Trading Water Rights
July 24th, 2014
Via Reuters, a report on China’s plan to roll out seven pilot water trading schemes: China has picked seven provinces to host pilot markets for trade in water rights, as the government battles a spreading water crisis that threatens to curtail economic growth and hurt food production. The move is the latest sign that China […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: How China Is Destroying Its Own Water Supply
July 23rd, 2014
Via Foreign Affairs, a look at China’s water crisis: A man leads camels at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. On the grasslands of the Tibetan plateau, one sometimes hears a strange chattering — an excited buzz that seems to emanate from the earth itself. Anyone who stops to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Hidden Water Footprint
July 21st, 2014
Via Science Daily, an interesting graphic that shows the flows of “virtual scarce water” from the Xinjiang province to other provinces in China: Many developed regions in China are not only drawing from their own water resources but also contributing to water depletion in other water-scarce regions of the country through imports of food and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: An Innovation In Water Rights Leads To Real Water Savings
July 15th, 2014
Via the World Bank, a look at an evapotranspiration-based integrated water management system has been introduced in one region in China for the assessment, planning and allocation of water for consumptive use, supported by the world’s latest remote sensing technology on evapotranspiration measurement: China’s most arid regions are facing an increasingly serious water crisis, and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Arid North Feeds Water-Rich South
July 8th, 2014
Courtesy of Reuters, results of a recent study on China’s water crisis: Booming demand for food in China’s southern and eastern cities is worsening water shortages in arid northern provinces, adding to the country’s environmental problems, new research shows. “Consumption in highly developed coastal provinces is largely relying on water resources in the water-scarce northern […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: Climate Change Could Lead To China-India Water Conflict
June 15th, 2014
Via RTCC, some commentary on how decline in water flow from Tibetan Plateau likely to exacerbate tensions in region over coming decades: Melting Himalayan glaciers and erratic rainfall could exacerbate tensions between central Asian countries later this century, warn defence analysts in a new report.They say droughts or extreme rains linked to climate change could […]
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