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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 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 […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Water Can Be A Medium Of Cooperation Between China And India
November 4th, 2014
Courtesy of the Foundation for Non Violent Alternatives, an article examining how water can be an important aspect in the broad cooperation fields between China and India: On 30 June 2014 a significant event took place for both China and India at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China. H.E. Mr. Ashok K. Kantha, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Plan To Link Rivers To Ensure Water Supply
October 1st, 2014
Courtesy of Future Directions International, a look at India’s plan to link rivers as part of a revived national inter-basin water transfer project: India’s current water challenge is well documented. The country extracts 230 cubic kilometres of groundwater every year and faces critical water shortages and environmental degradation, caused by groundwater over-extraction and pollution. India […]
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