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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Call for “Conscious” Water Use
September 27th, 2012
Via Tengri News, a report on Central Asia water tensions: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have asked their neighbors to consciously use common water resources. “The talks covered establishment of a mechanism of joint use of water-energy resources in Central Asian region and activation of the international fund for saving the Aral Sea. This issue is very […]
Read more »Could Central Asia Go To War Over Water?
September 16th, 2012
Via Business Insider, an article on the simmering water tensions of Central Asia: Earlier this week, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan indicated that efforts by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to build hydroelectric power stations on rivers that flowed into Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan could “spark war.†Water wars are a hot topic right now, with conflicts or […]
Read more »Water to Cause Further Tensions in Central Asia
September 13th, 2012
Courtesy of Central Asia Economy Newswire, a report on central Asia water tension: Uzbek President Islam Karimov brought worldwide attention to Central Asia’s water disputes on Friday during a state visit to his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, warning that tensions may spill over and cause bloodshed if issues remained unresolved. The one small detail he […]
Read more »Central Asia: A Dam Debacle
March 2nd, 2012
Courtesy of China Dialogue, a insightful look at Central Asia’s water predicament where grand engineering schemes have failed to address the political problems of water management and, as climate change dries up the rivers, regional tensions will likely escalate. As the article notes: The Toktogul Dam in Kyrgyzstan is an imposing structure. The dam guards […]
Read more »The Aral Sea
April 27th, 2011
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an updated look at the tragedy of the Aral Sea: Aral Sea Satellite Outline in 2009, Showing the Original Shoreline of 1960. Courtesy of NASA “…The Aral Sea, shared by Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south, is a sad story of one of the most devastating ecological disasters […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Fossil Fuel Wealth, Water, and Poverty in Xinjiang
April 15th, 2011
Via Circle of Blue, a brief look at the tension between China’s desire to promote growth in its Xinjiang region and the lack of water there. As the article notes, Xinjiang has few local water sources, and even those are complicated by international politics. The Irtysh River and the Ili River originate in Xinjiang, before […]
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