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Nepal On Brink Of Water Insecurity
March 27th, 2015
Via SciDev, a look at Nepal’s water challenge: Poor governance and political instability are preventing the Himalayan country of Nepal from taking advantage of its abundant water resources and ensuring water security for its people, a new analysis shows. Carried out by Eloise Biggs, lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK, the study shows […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibetan Rivers At Risk
March 26th, 2015
Via Meltdown in Tibet, an interesting look at some of the risks faced by Tibet’s major rivers: On the drawing board, at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, is a massive water diversion project. The Western sector of the South-to-North Water Diversion Scheme involves the building of three mega-dams (with wall heights of 175 metres, […]
Read more »Sharing Water: Israel And Jordan Finalise Agreement For Red Sea-Dead Sea Pipeline
March 26th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a report on how development of the US$900 million Red Sea-Dead Sea water sharing project is set to go ahead following the finalisation of the Jordan-Israel water supply agreement in February: Background Accessing enough fresh water to cater to rising demand is an ongoing challenge in the Middle East. For Jordan […]
Read more »Egypt Forced To Negotiate On Nile Dam
March 22nd, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of the planned agreement between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan on Nile water cooperation: Fields in Egypt along the banks of a Nile distributary, the Rosetta river, 40 kilometers North of Cairo. Summary Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will travel to Addis Ababa on March 23 to address Ethiopian lawmakers […]
Read more »Damming The Mekong River
March 21st, 2015
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting graphical look at the nearly one dozen dams are planned for the main steam of the Lower Mekong River: The Mekong River begins at the Tibetan Plateau in China and stretches through Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, before ending at the South China Sea in Vietnam. Eager […]
Read more »Nile Dam Talks: Preliminary Agreement
March 6th, 2015
Via Reuters, a report on the three-party discussions over the Renaissance Dam: The three main countries that share the Nile River’s waters have reached a preliminary agreement on a mechanism for operating the Renaissance Dam, the Egyptian water minister said on Friday. The planned $4 billion Renaissance Dam will be Africa’s biggest dam and aims […]
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