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Vietnam Warns Of Water Conflicts
September 14th, 2012
Via The Phuket News, an article noting Vietnam’s concerns that nations could soon be engaged in conflicts over access to water, especially over exploitation of Southeast Asia’s Mekong River: Speaking at a business forum in Russia, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang said water was likely to become a geopolitical flashpoint commodity like oil. “It would […]
Read more »On The Fate Of Asia’s Great Rivers
September 13th, 2012
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at the challenges facing Asia’s largest rivers: The melting Zemu Glacier in eastern Tibet. A new report from the National Research Council, a group that advises the United States government, brings some sobriety to the oft-heated discussion about melting Himalayan glaciers. Interest in the glaciers intensified in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Largest Hydropower Station On Mekong River Starts Operation
September 8th, 2012
Via Xinhua News, a report on a new hydropower station on the Mekong River: The largest hydropower station on Lancang River in southwest China’s Yunnan Province — known as the Mekong River in southeast Asia — went into operation Thursday with its first power generating unit up and running. The Nuozhadu hydroelectric station, located in […]
Read more »Ethiopia’s Water Tension With Egypt Eased In A Post-Meles Future?
August 8th, 2012
Via The Ethiopian Times, some commentary on the possibility that a post-Meles future could bring end to Ethiopia’s water tension with Egypt: An Egyptian ministry of water and irrigation told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday morning that with the combination of Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi and the potential of seeing a new leader in Ethiopia, they […]
Read more »Israel Siphoning Off Africa’s Nile?
August 3rd, 2012
Via Al Akhbar News, an article on the recent Israeli agreement with South Sudan over water: Egyptian and Sudanese policy failures have lead to a looming strategic threat to both countries’ most important resources – the Nile. Israel has now signed an agreement with the South Sudanese authorities over rights to the country’s precious water […]
Read more »Thai Villagers To Fight Lao Mekong Dam In Court
July 25th, 2012
Courtesy of AlertNet, a look at some Thai citizens’ efforts to oppose Laotian hydropower projects: The inhabitants of Ban Pak Ing Tai, a leafy village in Thailand’s far north nestled between the mighty Mekong River and one of its tributaries, know only too well what dams can do. This used to be a fishing village […]
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