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Pakistan Accuses India of “Stealing” Water
October 9th, 2008
Via The Hindu, a report of increased tension between Pakistan and India over water. As the article notes: “…Accusing India of having “stolen” its share of Chenab river water, Pakistan on Monday threatened to seek arbitration by neutral experts over it even as the two countries prepared to discuss the issue later this month. “India […]
Read more »Battle at the Top of The World Threatens Indian & Pakistan Water Supply
September 24th, 2008
From Abu Dhabi’s The National, a disturbing report on the environmental havoc that India and Pakistan’s 24-year battle for the Siachen Glacier along the disputed border above Kashmir is wreaking, namely the acceleration of glacial melting which feeds the Nubra River, which drains into the Shyok River – a key tributary of the Indus River […]
Read more »Energy, Water, Food: Geopolitical Linkages & Conflicts
September 23rd, 2008
As reported by The Circle of Blue, a new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based bipartisan think-tank, report states that the U.S. needs integrated international water strategy to avert global conflicts over water which could threaten geopolitical stability. As the article notes, 40 percent of the world’s population lives in watersheds shared […]
Read more »Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan May Move Against India Over Chenab water
September 19th, 2008
From The Press Trust of India, a report that Pakistan will seek arbitration by the World Bank over India’s alleged violation of the Indus Water Treaty India if New Delhi did not concede the breach of the pact. As the article noted: “…Islamabad had claimed that, in “gross violations of the Indus Water Treaty,” India […]
Read more »Middle East & North Africa: Food vs. Water
July 21st, 2008
As reported in The International Herald Tribune, global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, forcing them to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water. As the article notes: “…For decades nations in this region have drained aquifers, […]
Read more »Hydro-angst between Pakistan and India
June 27th, 2008
From The Pakistan Daily Times, an interesting analysis of the controversial Kishanganga project which Pakistan claims would reduce the power generation capacity of the 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum plant and result in an ecological disaster for the area. As the article notes: “…When Pakistan and India signed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in 1960, it was thought […]
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