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Water: The Key Element In The India-Pakistan Rivalry
July 15th, 2010
Via AFP.com, a report on the continuing tension between India and Pakistan over water. As the article notes: “…For Pakistani farmer Ghulam Sarwar, only war with India can overcome the water shortages parching his crops and drying up his profits. His family owns 85 acres (34 hectares) in northern Punjab, traditionally the bread basket of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon’s Watergy Nexus Challenge
July 14th, 2010
Courtesy of The Green Leap Forward, a detailed examination of the complex interactions among the energy, water, and food systems in China, which are especially critical given the scarcities involved in all three systems. As the article notes, this watergy nexus presents a compelling challenge to China: “…China’s rapidly growing economy is very quickly testing […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Dammed If They Do; Damned If They Don’t
July 11th, 2010
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at the rising (water) tension between China and its neighbors over China’s planned hydroelectric projects. As the article notes: “IN YUNNAN in south-west China the biggest floods in a dozen years have ended a long, brutal drought. For months here in Xishuangbanna, a glassy Mekong had merely sauntered towards […]
Read more »Turkish Plans To Sell Israel Water Dry Up
June 23rd, 2010
Via Terra Daily, a report that Turkey has rescinded plans to sell water to Israel. At the article notes: “…The Islamist government in Ankara has shelved plans to sell the Jewish state 1.75 billion cubic feet of water a year for 20 years from the Mavganat River in Anatolia, part of its wider strategy of […]
Read more »Pakistan’s “Raging” Water Crisis
June 23rd, 2010
Courtesy of the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper, an interesting report on Pakistan’s water crisis. As the article notes: “…Pakistan is facing a “raging“ water crisis that if managed poorly could mean Pakistan would run out of water in several decades, experts say, leading to mass starvation and possibly war. The reliance on a single […]
Read more »India And Pakistan To Arbitrate Water Feud
June 18th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report that India and Pakistan are establishing an arbitration panel to address an intensifying dispute over rival hydro-electric projects, highlighting the growing importance of water in the tensions between the dry but nuclear-armed neighbours. As the article notes: “…Tensions have been rising as both countries face deepening water crises, […]
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