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Water Diplomacy
January 31st, 2011
Courtesy of The Consensus Building Approach blog, an interesting theoretical construct for water diplomacy: “Managing the flow of water, as a river moves through several countries or across sub-state boundaries, can be extremely difficult. If the upstream riparians divert too much, the downstream countries are left empty-handed. If the upstream users don’t maintain water quality, […]
Read more »Water Rich Latin America Is Thirsty For More
January 15th, 2011
Via Water World, an interesting report on Latin America where the development of water and sanitation infrastructure has failed to keep up with the millions of Latin Americans migrating to urban areas over the years. As the article notes: “…Latin America is water rich. With 500 million inhabitants or 8% of the world population distributed […]
Read more »Tapping Spirituality to Help Resolve Global Water Conflicts
January 9th, 2011
Courtesy of Knowledge at Wharton, a very interesting interview with Dr. Aaron Wolf, a professor of geography at Oregon State University and a trained mediator in conflict resolution who teaches mediation while his Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation weaves rational and spiritual philosophies into teaching about water resources management. As the article notes, […]
Read more »Water as a Strategic Resource in the Middle East
January 6th, 2011
Via Sustentator, an interesting article on water in the Middle East and the likelihood that it may provoke conflicts in the years ahead. As the report notes: ‘The real wild card for political and social unrest in the Middle East over the next 20 years is not war, terrorism, or revolution—it is water. Conventional security […]
Read more »Parched for Peace: The Fertile Crescent Might Be Barren
December 12th, 2010
Via Columbia University’s Water Matters blog, a detailed analysis of the impact that drought is having upon the Middle East’s Fertile Crescent. As the report notes: This past October, the Levant Desalination Association and NOSSTIA, an organization of expat Syrian scientists, arranged a conference in the capital city of Damascus to discuss Syria’s water crisis. […]
Read more »Parched for Peace (2): UAE Has Oil & Money, But No Water
November 24th, 2010
Courtesy of Columbia’s Earth Institute, an interesting look at the Middle East’s water crisis: “…Last Monday I mentioned that one of the reasons I chose to focus on the Mideast water crisis was a New York Times article that called attention to the extreme water scarcity in Dubai. While its seven star hotel, indoor ski […]
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