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Широкополосное альбедо и изменения размера ледников массива Ак-Шыйрак в период с 1994 по 2018 гг., Тянь-Шань, Кыргызстан

Year: 2019

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water, Climate

Authors: Зарылбек Рахматилла уулу, Усубалиев Рыскул А. Митусов А.,

Countries: Kyrgyzstan

Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research

Energy resources and the risk of conflict in shared river basins

Year: 2019

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water, Transboundary Water Resources, Transboundary cooperation, Hydropower

Authors: Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Sojeong Lee

Countries:

Source: Journal of Peace Research

This study examines the effect of energy resources on the chances for militarized conflict, water related conflict and cooperation events, and cooperative river treaties between pairs of states on shared international river basins.

Anchoring water diplomacy – The legal nature of international river basin organizations

Year: 2018

Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article

Topics: Water, Water diplomacy

Authors: Susanne Schmeier, Zaki Shubber

Countries:

Source: Journal of Hydrology

Water diplomacy needs institutional anchoring. International River Basin Organizations (RBOs) – being the result of diplomatic efforts by riparian states intending to create a framework for cooperation between themselves over shared water bodies – can provide such institutional anchors. RBOs ensure that agreements to cooperate are turned into a long-term commitment by riparian states to jointly manage shared water resources and, in turn, foster mutually beneficial cooperation over time. RBOs have been the subject of detailed examinations of their conceptual core, of their manifold functions, of their effectiveness in achieving their goals and so forth. However, the legal nature of these entities has so far received limited attention notwithstanding its significance in empowering RBOs to act as institutional anchors for water diplomacy.

Water Diplomacy as an approach to regional cooperation in South Asia: A case from the Brahmaputra Basin

Year: 2018

Collections: Scientific Publications

Topics: Water diplomacy, Water, Transboundary Water Resources, Transboundary cooperation

Authors: Anamika Barua

Countries:

Source: Journal of Hydrology

The article examines challenges of transboundary water cooperation in the Brahmaputra River Basin shared by Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, and India. It highlights the lack of trust, information asymmetries, and absence of a regional governance framework that hinder cooperation. The authors emphasize the importance of inclusive, multi-stakeholder water diplomacy and informal dialogues as a foundation for sustainable and equitable basin-wide cooperation.

Water diplomacy and conflict management in the Mekong: from rivalries to cooperation

Year: 2018

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water governance, Water diplomacy, Hydropower

Authors: Denise Michèle Staubli Anoulak Kittikhoun,

Countries:

Source: Journal of Hydrology

The Mekong region, home to one of the world’s great rivers – the Mekong – is also one of the world’s most geostrategic regions, featuring seemingly conflicting interests among regional states including Viet Nam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia and world powers such as China and the United States of America.

For nearly a century, some of the riparian states have developed parts of the basin in their territories – to great benefits and harm – and recently the remaining late developing countries are catching up with water and related resources development plans to dam, withdraw and use the mighty Mekong to fund national progress and alleviate poverty.

World leaders, academics, NGOs, media and even some government officials have warned that the current rush to development is not only bringing a sure death to a great previously untamed river, potentially displacing millions of people, and threatening livelihoods, but would also usher in an era of aggravated tensions and possibly even conflict. The Mekong River Commission (MRC), tasked to manage the river for the sake of the environment and the people, is failing its mission with work that has been ineffective, uninfluential and wasted, critics say.

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