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Trickle-Down Diplomacy: South American Style
November 22nd, 2012
Via The Economist, an interesting report on Evo Morales efforts to swap a stream for a piece of Chilean seafront: THE Silala (known as the Siloli in Chile) trickles down from Bolivia’s unpopulated Andean plateau to the Chilean border. Little more than a ditch in places, the stream is nevertheless the cause of renewed tension […]
Read more »Water Tensions Overflow In Ex-Soviet Central Asia
November 21st, 2012
Via Terra Daily, a report on the water tensions of Central Asia: The ex-Soviet states of Central Asia are engaged in an increasingly bitter standoff over water resources, adding another element of instability to the volatile region neighbouring Afghanistan. Plans in mountainous but energy-poor Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for two of the world’s biggest hydro-electric power […]
Read more »Gaza’s Other War Is Over Water
November 21st, 2012
Via Pacific Standard, a look at the water challenges facing Israel & Gaza: Of all the things the governments of Israel and Gaza have against each other, the fate of a water treatment plant would seem like the least of the problem. A little-noted UN report released in August argued the opposite: that the rockets […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Qinxu Groundwater Management Solution – Innovation or Economic Impediment?
November 18th, 2012
Two interesting articles and commentary examined a new groundwater management system instituted in Qinxu, a County in Shanxi Province in China – called the Qinxu Groundwater System. The first, via Aquadoc, give us an overview of the Qinxu Groundwater Management System A new groundwater management system in Qinxu, China is a promising solution: Farmers are […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Next Challenge For China’s Leaders? Water.
November 16th, 2012
Via The Washington Post, an article on China’s water challenges: Now that the 18th Communist Party Congress is over, China’s new leadership team turns its attention to tackling the problem of the country’s slowing economy. China faces a number of challenges, including dependence on exports and weak domestic consumption, but one of the most pressing issues is a risk […]
Read more »Ethiopia: On Track To Complete First Mega-Dams By 2015
November 13th, 2012
Via Climate Connections, a look at Ethiopia’s plans to build a series of large dams along the Nile River in the next few years: Ethiopia’s energy minister played down concerns on Monday about how it would finance the first of an array of mega-dams due to revolutionise east African power markets, saying it was on […]
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