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The Parched Tiger: India’s Dam Plans Anger Pakistan, Symbolize Global Water Woes
May 22nd, 2012
Via the South Asian News Agency, a look at South Asia’s water worries: ITS three great basins – the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra – are the most densely populated area in the world. The Ganges alone supports half a billion people. Seventy per cent of South Asia’s 1.5 billion people live in farming […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Rivals For Influence Over Nepal’s Hydropower
May 16th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a look at how the rivalry between Beijing and New Delhi for influence in Nepal will shape the country’s hydropower policies. As the article notes: Editor’s note: in February, Nepal signed a US$1.6 billion agreement with China to develop the 760-megawatt West Seti hydropower project within its borders. This marked a major […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Water And Climate Change Challenges
May 10th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on Pakistan’s climate change and water challenges: Last month, an avalanche on the Siachen glacier in Kashmir killed 124 Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians. The tragedy has intensified debate about the logic of stationing Pakistani and Indian troops on such inhospitable terrain. And it has also brought attention to […]
Read more »Egypt Will Need Almost 50% More Nile Water By 2050: Experts
May 8th, 2012
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at forecasts that a future Egyptian population of 150 million will need a greater share of Africa’s longest river to meet their needs. As the article notes: Egypt will need nearly 50 per cent more Nile water by 2050 to cater for an estimated population of 150 million people, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Beckoning War On Water?
May 6th, 2012
Via Pakistan’s The Nation, an article the rising water tension between India and Pakistan. As the article notes: India’s feverish pursuit of building dams on the rivers allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has received the attention of the International Crisis Group (ICG) whose objective is to evaluate the consequences of a […]
Read more »Damming The Mekong: Opening The Floodgates?
May 6th, 2012
Via The Economist, another look at the proposed Xayaburi dam in northern Laos: WHAT looked like an admittedly temporary reprieve for the swift currents and extraordinary biodiversity of the Mekong river is now over. In December the Mekong River Commission (MRC), an intergovernmental body made up of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, called again for […]
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