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Water: A Key Element Of Mideast Peace
June 26th, 2009
Via Terra Daily, a reminder that water is a key element of Mideast peace. As the article notes: “…Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel must address the vital issue of water in the West Bank if meaningful peace talks are to take place.Israel’s leaders said nothing, but Abbas had touched on one of the most […]
Read more »Unquiet Flows The Nile…
June 24th, 2009
Via All Africa.com, a report on the latest discussions among & continuing differences between the nine countries over sharing of the Nile waters. As the article notes: Egypt refused to sign a long-negotiated water-sharing agreement at the talks held in late May. Egyptian experts say the proposed treaty failed to guarantee a fair share of […]
Read more »Vietnam: Dam(n)ing China Over Its Mekong Initiatives
June 18th, 2009
Via Yale’s Environment 360 journal, a detailed look at the impact that a series of Chinese dams on the 2,800 mile Mekong River will have upon tens of millions of Southeast Asians. As the article notes: “…Vietnam is now a fast-growing, Westernizing economy. But, paradoxically, peace and prosperity is currently the biggest threat to what […]
Read more »Bangladesh & India: Concerns Over Tipaimukh Dam Project
May 29th, 2009
Via Global Voices, a report on the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project being constructed near the confluence of Barak and Tuivai rivers, in Manipur, India and within 100km of Bangladesh border. As the article notes, from the start this project faced protests from potentially affected people in India, and from the downstream neighbor Bangladesh: “…It is being […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Demand Reduction Efforts In China
May 26th, 2009
Two articles examining China’s impending freshwater scarcity crisis and the impact of some nascent demand reduction efforts. First, courtesy of The Guardian, is a look at the current status of the South-North Diversion Project: …More than twice as expensive as the Three Gorges Dam and three times longer than the railway to Tibet, the 50-year, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Impact of China’s Dam Building Activities on Regional Watersheds
May 22nd, 2009
Two recent articles reporting on China’s dam building spree on the upper Mekong and how it may impact downstream states. First, via Yahoo, news that the UN sees China’s dam building activities as the: “… the greatest threat to the future of the already beleaguered Mekong, one of the world’s major rivers and a key […]
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