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The Thirsty Dragon: Growing Demand For Water In China And Uzbekistan Could Lead To Crisis In Kazakhstan
February 17th, 2013
Via Ooska News, a look at how a thirsty China and Uzbekistan could lead to a crisis in Kazakhstan: Growing demand for water in China and Uzbekistan could lead to a water supply crisis in Kazakhstan, according to Ainur Kuatova, an adviser to the Environmental Protection Minister. Water inflows to the country are decreasing by […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: What Is Old Is Nu – Plans For SW China
February 17th, 2013
Via China Dialogue, a look at China’s renewed plans to build a cascade of dams in southwest China: Construction and roadwork at Songta Dam in Tibet, near the border with Yunnan Province and the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage Site. China’s energy plans for the 12th Five-Year Plan, the country’s development blueprint to 2015, include […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Four Ways Water Is Connected To India’s Blackouts
February 11th, 2013
Via The World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct project, an interesting look at India’s watergy challenges and that of Southeast Asia as a whole: Early last week, the strained electrical power infrastructure in northern and eastern India was pushed to its breaking point. Two days of power failures impacted a staggering 670 million people (or, put another […]
Read more »Harnessing Water Resources In Nepal
February 10th, 2013
Via The Himalayan Times, an article on Nepal’s ambitious plans to develop and harness its water resources:  It has been long discussed about exploiting water resources in Nepal multilaterally. One among it was harnessing the Koshi River basin in eastern Nepal with concerted effort of Nepal‚ India and probably Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been lobbying hard […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Hydro-Hegemony
February 9th, 2013
Via The New York Times, an interesting article on China’s water related role in Asia: ASIA is the world’s most water-stressed continent, a situation compounded by China’s hydro-supremacy in the region. Beijing’s recent decision to build a slew of giant new dams on rivers flowing to other countries is thus set to roil riparian relations. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese Environmentalists Lose Fight to Stop Nu River Dams
February 9th, 2013
Via Time, a report on China’s plans to go ahead with the construction of a series of dams on the Nu River, also known as the Salween, one of the last free-flowing rivers in the nation: Workers fix a floating platform used for the construction of a dam on the Nu River, also known as […]
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