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Hydro-Hegemony: The Power Politics of Water Struggles
November 29th, 2011
Via The New York Times, an article on an innovative way of analyzing international water tensions, departing from the idea that water struggles are characterized either by peaceful cooperation or armed conflict: Israelis destroying a water reservoir used by Palestinian farmers in the West Bank town of Hebron. Israeli officials said the operation was aimed […]
Read more »Africa’s Great ‘Water Grab’
November 24th, 2011
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at what they term Africa’s great ‘water grab’. As the article notes: The banks of the Niger river, in southern Mali, have been flooded by a steady stream of foreigners. Coveted by foreign investors eager to snap up large tracts of fertile farmland, the river basin has been at […]
Read more »The Nubian Aquifer: A Rare Isotope Helps Track an Ancient Water Source
November 23rd, 2011
Via The New York Times, an interesting article on the challenges of measuring and managing the Nubian Aquifer, shared by Egypt, Libya, Chad and Sudan. As the report notes: The Nubian Aquifer, the font of fabled oases in Egypt and Libya, stretches languidly across 770,000 square miles of northern Africa, a pointillist collection of underground […]
Read more »How Melting Glaciers And ‘Mountain Tsunamis’ Threaten Himalayan Kingdom Of Bhutan
November 19th, 2011
Via WorldCrunch and LeMonde, a look at the dual water threats facing Bhutan: glacial floods and the possibility of reduced river flow in the years ahead: On the Druk Path Trek between Timphu and Paro in Bhutan The Kingdom of Bhutan, tucked between India and China in the foothills of the Himalaya mountain range, is […]
Read more »The Next Dust Bowl
November 18th, 2011
Two interesting articles on threat of a coming Dust-Bowlification from Think Progress. The first reflects on a recent IPCC study that – according to Joseph Romm – hints at Dust-Bowlification, but is mostly silent on global warming’s most grave threat to humanity -Â food production: A USA Today (not IPCC) chart emphasizes the risk of […]
Read more »South Asia’s Water (In)Security?
November 7th, 2011
Via India Seminar, an interesting report on Asia’s water security issues: IN today’s era of globalization, the line between critic and hypocrite is increasingly becoming blurred. Single out a problem in a region or country other than one’s own, and risk triggering an immediate, yet understandable, response: Why criticize the problem here, when you face […]
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