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Pakistan’s India Obsession Hides Its Real Water Challenges
April 27th, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, further commentary on how extensive coverage of the Indus Waters Treaty in the Pakistani media over-emphasizes disagreements with India, and ignores more important water management challenges that the country faces: Over the past few months, with the deterioration of relations between Pakistan and India, there has been a renewed interest in the Indus Waters […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Bangladeshis Won’t Accept Anything Short of Teesta Treaty With India
April 26th, 2017
Via The Third Pole, an interview with with Bangladesh’s former top diplomat on the Teesta, India-Bangladesh water relations, the Farakka Barrage, and the future of the Ganga Treaty: The Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh between 2007 and 2009, Mohammed Touhid Hossain had earlier been the country’s Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, and is a well-known authority on […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Is Fast Fashion Sucking China’s Aquifers Dry?
April 19th, 2017
Via China Water Risk, a report on how groundwater is being over-extracted to grow cotton – is China or fast fashion to blame? Although we have had our suspicions about this, there wasn’t really a link; until now. An interesting piece of research on “Groundwater depletion embedded in international food trade” was just published in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Ostensibly Cancels Myitsone Dam Project in Myanmar in Favour of Access to Kyaukpyu Port
April 19th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on the future of the Chinese-financed, US$3.6 billion ($4.77 billion) Myitsone hydropower dam project in Myanmar: President U Htin Kyaw completed a six-day visit to Beijing on 11 April. During his first visit to China as the Burmese head of state, President Kyaw met with Chinese officials to discuss opportunities […]
Read more »The US Global Water Strategy 2017 Under President Trump
April 5th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, some speculation on the US global water strategy 2017 under President Trump: President Donald Trump’s administration – along with the US Agency for Aid and Development and the State Department – must produce a Global Water Strategy (GWS) and submit it to Congress by 1 October 2017. This document will outline […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Soothing Troubled Waters Essential for India and Pakistan
March 29th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, commentary on Indus River tensions: Background The Permanent Indus Commission implements and manages the objectives of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). In 1947, immediately after independence, India and Pakistan, the two major beneficiaries of the Indus River basin, began to dispute their share of the natural resource. It took years of […]
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