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The Parched Tiger: India’s Milk Revolution Drains Punjab Dry
November 11th, 2016
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at how drought is affecting India’s dairy industry: The severity of the latest El Niño weather cycle led to rivers and lakes drying up in northern India. The children in the villages […]
Read more »Climate, Human Influence Conspire In Lake Urmia’s Decline
November 11th, 2016
Via Terra Daily, an update on a new study looking at the decline of Iran’s Lake Urmia: The dramatic decline of Iran’s Lake Urmia – once the second-largest hypersaline lake in the world – has both direct human and climatic causes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. The […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Top Court Orders Punjab State To Share River Water
November 11th, 2016
Via Daily Seed, a report that India’s top court has ordered Punjab state to share river water: India’s top court ordered authorities in northern Punjab state Thursday to share river water supplies with a neighbouring state, triggering a spate of resignations by angry lawmakers. The water dispute between Punjab and Haryana has been simmering for over […]
Read more »Water Conflicts Looming Between South Asian Nuclear Powers Pose Global Threat
October 29th, 2016
Via the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment, and Health, a review of a new book looking at the looming impact of water conflict in South Asia and the potential for Indus Basin development if India, Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan work together: The current political rhetoric between India and Pakistan underlines the risk of […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Woes
October 29th, 2016
Via the East Asia Forum, some additional commentary on India’s water challenges: Water is a hot topic in India. The most recent boil-over sparked protests that left two dead and masses of vehicles torched. But this is hardly a new phenomenon. In the 1500s, the Mughal emperor Akbar built a new capital in the dry plains of […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Would India Really Abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty?
October 27th, 2016
Via Global Risk Insights, commentary on the escalating India-Pakistan tensions surrounding Kashmir, in which New Delhi has not ruled out the possibility that it will abrogate the longstanding Indus Waters Treaty: Recent months have witnessed a dramatic escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan in relation to events in the Kashmir region. The historic standoff […]
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