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Water Tension In Central Asia
October 9th, 2009
Courtesy of The Open Economy, a detailed look at the growing water crisis in Central Asia. We have covered this several times previously in this forum but, given the increasing severity and likelihood of transnational tensions, it seems useful to address it once again. As the article notes: “…At first glance, China’s neighbour Kyrgyzstan, with […]
Read more »Himalayan Glacial Melt And The Threat of Water Conflict In Asia
October 5th, 2009
Courtesy of CNN, a sober report on the recession of Himalayan glaciers and the threat of conflict arising over diminised water resources. As the article notes: “…The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on […]
Read more »East Africa: Aquacalypse Now
September 30th, 2009
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on a looming water crisis in East Africa that is likely to give rise to increased violence in this already fragile part of the world. As the article notes: “…This year’s drought is the worst in east Africa since 2000, and possibly since 1991. Famine stalks the land. The […]
Read more »Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Environmental Security
September 29th, 2009
Via Aquadoc, news that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is publishing a series on the hydropolitical vulnerability and resilence of international water resources on all the inhabited continents. As the article notes: “… a nation is hydropolitically vulnerable if there is the potential for conflict to arise with another nation(s) over a particular international […]
Read more »A Dying Aral Sea Gives Rise To Increased Tensions In The Region
September 29th, 2009
Via Window on Eurasia, a report that demise of the Aral Sea, the loss of which is already having an adverse effect on two-thirds of the 50 million people in Central Asia, is rapidly increasing tensions in the capitals of the five countries of the region and could spark new and larger military conflicts among […]
Read more »“Jordan Is Thirsty And Cannot Wait Any Longer…”
September 28th, 2009
Via Terra Daily, a report that Jordan has decided to go it alone and build a two-billion-dollar pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea without help from proposed partners Israel and the Palestinian Authority. As the article notes: “…Jordan is thirsty and cannot wait any longer,” said Fayez Batayneh, the country’s chief representative […]
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