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The Parched Tiger: India and Pakistan Race To Secure Priority Water Rights On The Indus
March 25th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, an interesting look at the emerging battle between India and Pakistan over dam projects in a race to secure priority water rights on the Indus River. As the report notes: “India and Pakistan are once again at loggerheads over the issue of water-sharing. Pakistan is raising strong objections to India’s construction of […]
Read more »River Rivalry On The Nile
March 17th, 2011
Via Terra Daily, an updated report on the tensions rippling out from Ethiopia’s plans to build large dams on the Nile. As the article notes: “…Ethiopia is pressing ahead with plans to build large dams on the Nile as upstream African states put pressure on a reluctant Egypt to share the waters of the world’s […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Watts, Water, and Workers
March 8th, 2011
Courtesy of The Circle of Blue, a detailed look at China’s ambitious water conservation and transfer program, started in 2003, to help hold off the looming confrontation between its scarce water reserves and growing coal-based industrial sector. As the article notes: “…On Sept. 7, 2007, during a morning briefing in Beijing on China’s newest five-year […]
Read more »Vietnam, Laos Split Over Mekong Dam
March 3rd, 2011
Via Global Geopolitics, a report on the Xayaburi dam issue has become the first major test of environmental diplomacy for the four countries in the lower Mekong, members of the Mekong River Commission (MRC): The first in a new series of 11 dams planned across the Mekong, South-east Asia’s largest river, could break a special […]
Read more »Burundi Signs New Nile River Agreement
February 28th, 2011
Via The International Water Law Project, a report on Burundi’s decision to become the sixth signatory to the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework: “… In the wake of the turmoil in Egypt (and probably the secession of South Sudan), Burundi has taken the rather bold step of becoming the sixth signatory to the Agreement on […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Triggering A Revival In Downstream Hydropower Ambitions On The Mekong
February 8th, 2011
Via ChinaDialogue, a look at how China – by building dams on the upper Mekong – has triggered a revival in hydropower ambitions downstream. As the article notes: “…Much has been written on the downstream impact of China’s dams on the Mekong River, which flows through or along the borders of Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam […]
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