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Using Technology and Markets To Solve Water Scarcity In post-Soviet States
July 1st, 2020
Via Smart Water Magazine, a look at how technology and modern market mechanisms can solve water scarcity in post-Soviet states: Uzbekistan is an incredibly dry country, receiving an annual rainfall of just 100 to 300 mm. Nevertheless, Uzbek farmers have managed to significantly increase productivity since the early 1990s, raising the availability of diverse foods […]
Read more »Can Arab League Push Ethiopia To Delay Filling Of Nile Dam?
July 1st, 2020
Via Al-Monitor, an article on how – while Arab foreign ministers called on Ethiopia to refrain from filling the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam next month without prior agreement with Egypt and Sudan – many Arab experts and observers believe this position must be translated into action to support Egypt and Sudan in their dispute with Ethiopia: Arab […]
Read more »Water: National Security Challenge For Pakistan
June 28th, 2020
Via Pakistan’s Frontier Post, commentary on the water security challenge facing Pakistan: South Asia is home to around quarter of the world’s population and also one of the most water stressed regions in the world. In South Asia, Pakistan is facing a distressing decrease in water resources and yet authorities in Pakistan are unable or […]
Read more »As Nile Dam Tensions Rise, ‘Miscalculation’ Could Lead to Conflict
June 26th, 2020
Via VOA News, an update on Nile Dam tensions where some observers fear that ‘miscalculation’ could lead to conflict: Ethiopia is moving forward with a plan to fill a massive reservoir behind a new dam on the Nile River and Egypt is calling the move a threat to peace and security in the region and is […]
Read more »COVID-19 Hits Bhutan-India Water Cooperation
June 26th, 2020
Via Third Pole.net, a report on how Bhutanese officials are scrambling to restore irrigation channels after farmers were thwarted by India’s sealed border: In Baksa district of Assam in north-east India, right next to the Bhutan border, hundreds of farmers held a demonstration this month. They alleged that Bhutan had blocked the flow of water from […]
Read more »Egypt’s Losing Battle on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
June 24th, 2020
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of Egypt’s position on the Grand Renaissance Dam: The failure of last week’s negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam means that the initial filling of the $4 billion hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile will likely occur without an agreement between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia. Egypt will attempt, […]
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