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Southern Spain: Battles Over Water
June 3rd, 2008
As recently reported in The International Herald Tribune, southern Europe continues to face a worsening water situation. As the article notes: “…Spurred on by global warming and poorly planned development, swaths of southeast Spain are steadily turning into desert. This year in Murcia farmers are fighting developers over water rights. They are fighting each other […]
Read more »Peak Water
June 1st, 2008
Via Wired, an alarming look at the concept of peak water, the point at which the renewable supply is forever outstripped by unquenchable demand. As the report notes: “…the scarcity of freshwater is no longer a problem restricted to poor countries. Shortages are reaching crisis proportions in even the most highly developed regions, and they’re […]
Read more »Tribal Water Rights: Another Jurisdiction/Claim to Consider
June 1st, 2008
Via The Press-Enterprise, an interesting look at how Indian tribal claims may add to the complexity of water sharing discussions going forward. As the report notes: “…On the edge of a dirt road, Anthony Madrigal Jr. peers over the same sage-covered, boulder-strewn land that his Cahuilla ancestors have lived on for thousands of years. But […]
Read more »Mexico and Colorado River: Prospects For Cooperation Drying Up
June 1st, 2008
Via The Los Angeles Times, an interesting look at the impact of the Colorado River’s increasingly meager flow into northern Mexico has upon millions who depend on it. As the article notes: “…As U.S. scientists warn of a semi-permanent drought along the taxed river by midcentury, Mexico today offers a glimpse of what dry times […]
Read more »Another Middle East “Hot Spot:” Iraq in Water Talks with Turkey & Syria
May 28th, 2008
As noted by Terra Daily, Iraq – in the grip of a severe drought and needs more water for agriculture and drinking, opened talks with Turkey and Syria in a bid to increase the flow of Euphrates & Tigris rivers and end severe water shortages. Just another example of water stress in the Middle East.Â
Read more »China, Tibet, and the strategic power of water
May 23rd, 2008
As reported by Circle of Blue, a number of experts say that control and management of an even more vital resource – the Tibetan Plateau’s vast supply of freshwater – is also emerging at the center of the increasingly tense political and cultural strife between China and Tibet. As the article notes: “…the Tibetan Plateau […]
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