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The Thirsty Dragon: Melting Glaciers May Worsen Northwest China’s Water Woes
July 28th, 2012
Via Yale’s environment360, a look at China’s Xinjiang region and the challenges facing the Tarim Rier basin & other mountainous regions – how to secure water supplies as demands increase and glaciers melt: During four of the last 10 summers, more than half of the 800-mile Tarim River in northwestern China ran dry. Landscape ecologist […]
Read more »Thai Villagers To Fight Lao Mekong Dam In Court
July 25th, 2012
Courtesy of AlertNet, a look at some Thai citizens’ efforts to oppose Laotian hydropower projects: The inhabitants of Ban Pak Ing Tai, a leafy village in Thailand’s far north nestled between the mighty Mekong River and one of its tributaries, know only too well what dams can do. This used to be a fishing village […]
Read more »Egypt Water Shortage Protests Are Widespread and Violent
July 25th, 2012
Via Ooska News, a report that Egyptian citizens have taken to the streets to protest severe shortages of drinking and irrigation water: On the day that Egypt President Mohammed Morsi appointed former Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hisham Kandil as the country’s new Prime Minister, OOSKAnews can report that residents of seven Egyptian governorates […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Beijing – Under Water And Out Of Water
July 25th, 2012
Via Circle of Blue, a look at Beijing and China’s water conundrum: “…Beijing is, in fact, running out of water. Last year, I reported on the desperate measures that the Chinese capital is taking to avert an impending water crisis for its population of more than 19.6 million. Perennial drought, overuse, and pollution have left […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: Why The Time For A China-India Water Treaty Is Now
July 23rd, 2012
Via CNN, some commentary on China and India’s water relationship: China and India need to reach agreement on how they will manage water from one of the world’s great rivers — the Yarlung-Zangbo-Brahmaputra — before it becomes another serious impediment to relations between the two Asian heavyweights. Water scarcity already affects large parts of China […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Pearl (River) Diving
July 22nd, 2012
Via China Dialogue, an article on the eastern tributary of the Pearl River that is the lifeblood of Hong Kong and the regions that surround it in south China: The Dongjiang, or Dong River, the eastern tributary of the Pearl River in southern China, supports the lives, livelihoods and environment of almost 40 million people […]
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