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Central Asia Leaders Call For Joint Policy On Water
August 12th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, an article on Central Asian water issues: Central Asian leaders met in Kazakhstan Friday to seek to agree a shared policy on water management in a region where the scarce resource causes frequent disputes.Interruptions to water supplies are a regular occurrence in the five ex-Soviet Central Asian countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, […]
Read more »Kazakhstan Invests Billions To Address Water Scarcity
May 1st, 2024
Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a report on Kazakhstan’s efforts to battle water scarcity: Despite the disastrous floods this spring, it is a usual picture for particular regions of Kazakhstan to face water shortages in summer. To maintain water content in the three largest rivers of the country, the state increases expenses. In […]
Read more »Water Level of Caspian Sea Falling at Accelerating Rate
March 28th, 2024
Via Window on Eurasia, an article on the Caspian Sea: The water level of the Caspian Sea is falling at an accelerating rate, raising the specter not that that inland sea is going to go the way of the Aral anytime soon but rather that lower water levels will complicate the lives of littoral states […]
Read more »Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Agree to Install Transboundary Water Meters
March 20th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how water – while most often characterized as a potential spark for conflict in Central Asia – is, at the same time, an opportunity for cooperation: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to install meters in each other’s territory to monitor water consumption and share data online with each other. […]
Read more »An Elegy For The Amu Darya River
March 6th, 2024
Courtesy of Guernica, a look at how – in so many ways – human behavior is emptying the Amu Darya: Most mighty rivers enjoy a spectacular finale: a fertile delta, a mouth agape to the sea, a bay of plenty. But it had taken me almost a week to find where the Amu Darya comes […]
Read more »Japan’s Role in Healing the Aral Sea and Engaging Central Asia
February 20th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at Japan’s role in healing the Aral Sea: Multiple international actors have become involved in helping Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan alleviate the devastating consequences of one of the worst human-made environmental disasters across the Central Asian region: the loss of the Aral Sea. One notable partner in these endeavors is […]
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