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Turkey Unable To Give More Water To Iraq And Syria
September 8th, 2009
Via Terra Daily, an update on the difficult situation facing Turkey, Iraq, and Syria over sharing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. As the article notes: “…Turkey cannot give more water to Iraq and Syria, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Thursday as officials from the three neighbours met here to discuss the sharing of the Tigris […]
Read more »The Drought Crescent: Water Politics In The Middle East
September 5th, 2009
Via Conde Nest’s Traveler, an interesting report on Jordan which sits at the center of nations competing for scarce water resources amid a controversial plan to tap the Red Sea. As the article notes, these lands were part of what was once called the Fertile Crescent, where three great rivers—the Nile, the Tigris, and the […]
Read more »River Wars? Increasing Tension Between Iraq, Turkey, and Syria
August 29th, 2009
Via The Guardian, an ominous update on the ever increasing tension & crisis between Iraq, Turkey, and Syria over water levels in the Euphrates. As the article notes: “…A water shortage described as the most critical since the earliest days of Iraq’s civilisation is threatening to leave up to 2 million people in the south […]
Read more »Water Pressure On Pakistan
August 27th, 2009
Via Reuters, a pessimistic report that Pakistan is running out of water so fast that the shortage will strangulate all water-based economic activity in the country by 2015. This looming water pressure – in a politically dynamic state such as Pakistan with a neighbor (India) drawing from the same water source – is ominous. As […]
Read more »Lake Victoria: Falling Water Levels Give Rise To Increased Politics
August 17th, 2009
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting look at the complex issues surrounding Lake Victoria (border confusion, climate change, and waning water & marine resources. As the report notes: “…Migingo, Lake Victoria — This little island doesn’t look like much. It’s a slab of rock, not even an acre big, packed with rusty metal […]
Read more »Iraq, Turkey, and Water: More Than Just Surface Tension
August 13th, 2009
Via Terra Daily, an update on the continuing scrabble between Iraq and Turkey over water flows on the Euphrates River. As the article notes: “…Iraq’s water minister accused Turkey on Tuesday of breaking a promise to increase water flows down the Euphrates river, saying Ankara was actually holding back on the precious commodity.He was responding […]
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