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Asia Running Dry
November 11th, 2015
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a detailed look at Asia’s vanishing glaciers & shares concerns over the region’s water future: Highlights The Hindu-Kush Himalayas covers 8 countries & is the source of 10 major rivers which feed 17 countries in Asia 1.35bn Asians rely on these river basins as do major cities; yet media focus […]
Read more »Thirsty Dragon: China’s Bottled Water Industry To Exploit Asia’s Water Tower
October 30th, 2015
Via Eco Business, a look at the Tibet government’s plans for a massive expansion of the bottled water industry by tapping the Himalayan glaciers: Tibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighbouring countries. This week the […]
Read more »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 »Meltdown In Tibet
January 26th, 2015
Via the Daily Pioneer, a review of an interesting book entitled Meltdown in Tibet: André Malraux, the famous French Philosopher and General de Gaulle’s Culture Minister once said, ‘The 21st century will be spiritual or will not be’. Without denying the role that spirituality can play in the present planetary crisis, it is obvious that […]
Read more »Nepal, Hydropower And Geopolitics: Balancing Interests In The Tibetan Plateau
December 4th, 2014
Via Future Directions International, an interesting look at the impact that the rapid development of hydro power projects in Nepal may have upon the surrounding region: Key Points Less than one per cent of Nepal’s enormous hydropower potential is currently utilised. Large-scale hydropower projects could generate enough power to satisfy domestic demand and enable the […]
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