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Water Wars: The Next Clash between India and China
April 21st, 2014
Via Geopolitical Monitor, additional commentary on the tension between India and China over water resources: A China watcher named Claude Arpi has drawn attention to a recently posted article on the website of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission under China’s Ministry of Water Resources. The article speaks of the necessity and feasibility of diverting the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Environmental Crowdsourcing To Track China’s Water Quality
April 21st, 2014
Via Ethan Zuckerman, some interesting thoughts on water monitoring in China and the changing role of citizenship: This January, a few hundred employees of Alibaba, the massive online retailer and digital payments company, participated in an interesting experiment. Like many Chinese, they traveled home to celebrate the Lunar New Year. While at home, they used […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibetan Water Resources And Chinese Dams
April 9th, 2014
Via Tibet.net, an interesting piece of a larger report on the Third Pole: Rivers originating from Tibet flows to more than ten countries and play a vital role in the environmental services and socioeconomic of each country. These rivers (Table2) enable the Tibetan Plateau to become a strategic platform in exercising its dominance over the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Rivers At The Brink Of Collapse
March 27th, 2014
Via the Huffington Post, a look at the state of China’s rivers: China’s rulers have traditionally derived their legitimacy from controlling water. The country ranks only sixth in terms of annual river runoff, but counts half the planet’s large dams within its borders. A new report warns that dam building has brought China’s river ecosystems […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Battle On The Brahmaputra
March 21st, 2014
Via BBC News, an interesting look at China and India’s race to capture the energy potential of the vast Brahmaputra river: On the banks of the Brahmaputra it is hard to get a sense of where the river starts and ends. It begins far away as a Tibetan mountain stream. On the floodplains of Assam, though, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Are China’s Plans To Tackle Water Pollution Sufficient?
March 18th, 2014
Via Future Directions International, a look at China’s pollution reduction scheme and the continued need for clearly defined and legally enforceable obligations for water users in order to promote long-term conservation: As China continues to develop, water scarcity and pollution pose increasingly urgent challenges. Plans to tackle these issues are currently high on the agenda, […]
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