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Nepal Dams Won’t Stop Indian Floods
August 24th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, an interesting report on the need for Indian planners to radically rethink flood prevention strategies in the Ganges basin, given a new World Bank study that debunks old myths: For decades, Indian planners working to harness the waters of the Ganges and its tributaries have believed building dams in Nepal will save […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Golf Course In China’s Desert Strains Drinking Water Supply
August 20th, 2011
An interesting article discussing some of the local/regional tensions over water use in parched China: “Even before the golf course went into use, the region of Yulin had been thirsty and constantly threatened with drought. Some villagers can afford to take only three baths in their entire lives: once at birth, once before the wedding, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Bringing The Yellow River Back In The Flow
July 30th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, an interesting article on China’s efforts to regulate and restore China’s polluted, drought-ridden Yellow River which once struggled to reach the sea. As the report notes: “…On one wall of the control centre, a mosaic of TV screens flickers back and forth between the latest satellite photographs and rainfall projections. On another, a […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Ignores Own Irrawaddy Dam Study
July 19th, 2011
Via The Asia Sentinel, a report that China is ignoring its own Irrawaddy dam study and going ahead with the project. As the article notes: “…The state-owned China Power Investment Corp. is continuing with the controversial Myitsone Dam on Burma’s Irrawaddy River despite its own 945-page environmental impact study calling for the project to be […]
Read more »UN Calls For More Water Cooperation In Central Asia
July 16th, 2011
Via Radio Free Europe, a report from the UN indicating that more cooperation among Central Asian states sharing the shores of a key river could be the key to future peace and security in the region: The Kokaral dam in the North Aral Sea In a fresh report, the UN Environmental Program, or UNEP, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Why We Care About the Price of Water in China
July 14th, 2011
Via Bloomberg, an interesting article on the impact that water shortages in China are having around the world: An American trucker barreling down Interstate 95 bemoaning the high price of diesel fuel might never imagine that one of the things driving up his bill is the way water in China is being mispriced. But the […]
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