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Chinese Interests in Myanmar’s Dams: Balancing Internal Stability and Development
September 1st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on China’s interest in Myanmar dams: Background The issue of Chinese-constructed Dams in South-East Asia has been the cause of much unrest in recent decades. Myanmar’s stop-start development of the Myistone Dam, one of Myanmar’s largest projects, overseen by the state owned ‘China Power Investment Corporation,’ received extensive coverage after […]
Read more »Indus Basin Groundwater Depletion: Unsteady Footings for India-Pakistan Relations
September 1st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on growing tensions in the Indus Basin: Background In the discourse between India and Pakistan the issue of water sharing has gained prominence this year with the move by Pakistan to take India to The Hague. This was an issue over the damming of the rivers feeding Pakistan, namely […]
Read more »Iran Inks Water Deal With France, Sweden
August 29th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s growing international outreach on water: The Iranian Energy Minister Chitchian has reported on signing of new water consumption management contracts with Swedish and French firms. Hamid Chitchian, on the sidelines of a meeting with the visiting French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal, pointed to capacities and potentials of […]
Read more »Water Shortages Hit West Bank Palestinians, Provoking War Of Words
August 25th, 2016
Via Reuters, a report on water shortages in Palestine: At the peak of a searing summer, Palestinians living in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank are suffering from severe water shortages, prompting a war of words between Palestinian and Israeli officials over who is responsible. The Palestinians say Israel is preventing them from accessing adequate […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Irrigation In China
August 17th, 2016
Courtesy of China Water Risk, an interesting look at irrigation in China which – at 55% of total consumption – is the largest user of water in the nation: Irrigation has played an important role in human civilization. China, along with ancient Egypt, India and Mesopotamia, is considered a ‘hydraulic civilization’. The Dujiangyan Irrigation System […]
Read more »Israel: Can A New Source Of Water Help Reduce Conflict In The Middle East?
August 17th, 2016
Via Ensia, a report on how Israel – once one of the world’s driest countries – is now overflowing with water and what it could mean for the region: Ten miles south of Tel Aviv, I stand on a catwalk over two concrete reservoirs the size of football fields and watch water pour into them […]
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