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Turkmenistan Pledges To Curb Water Use
April 7th, 2015
Via Terra Daily, a report on Turkmenistan’s new pledge to curb water use: The leader of Turkmenistan on Sunday pledged to streamline water use, a huge problem in the isolated desert nation believed to be among the world’s top water wasters. Some 80 percent of ex-Soviet Turkmenistan is covered by the Karakum desert, one of the […]
Read more »Growing Water Tensions In Central Asia
September 16th, 2014
Two recent reports on growing water tensions in Central Asia. The first is a summary via Eurasia Review: Growing tensions in the Ferghana Valley are exacerbated by disputes over shared water resources. To address this, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan urgently need to step back from using water or energy as a coercive tool and focus […]
Read more »Conflicts in Kyrgyzstan: Foreshadowing Water Wars to Come?
June 17th, 2014
Via Creative Time Reports, a look at the water stress of Central Asia where the region is divided into water-rich upstream states, and water-poor downstream ones, and the division leads to conflict and tit-for-tat exchanges, in which water is used for leverage. This article places a particular focus on Kyrgyzstan where the convergence of a […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Troubled Waters: Resource Allocation Stokes Tensions
January 30th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at tensions arising from Central Asia’s water stress: An undated file photo shows abandoned ships sitting on the sand, where the Aral Sea retreated, near the Kazakh city of Aralsk. Summary The decline of the Aral Sea over the past 50 years is one of the most […]
Read more »Call For Central Asia To Solve Its Water Issues
September 24th, 2013
Via Tengri News, a report on Central Asian water cooperation: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called Central Asian leaders to discuss water issues, Tengrinews reports. Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Nazarbayev said that Central Asia countries had to resolve water disputes by themselves. “There is a need for an open […]
Read more »Uzbek Delegation Ignores International Conference on Water Cooperation
August 22nd, 2013
Via 24.kg news group, a brief report on simmering water tensions in Central Asia, as displayed during a recent International Conference on Water Cooperation: Representatives of Uzbekistan did not attend the International Conference on Water Cooperation. It should be noted, that Uzbekistan has repeatedly opposed construction of Kambarata-1 hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan and Rogun hydropower […]
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