Year: 2021
Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article
Topics: Water, Water diplomacy
Authors: Juho Haapala, Marko Keskinen, Erik Salminen
Countries:
Source: Journal of Hydrology
In this article, we seek to contribute to the practice of water diplomacy by introducing a step-wise Water Diplomacy Paths approach for analysing different water diplomacy contexts and related water diplomacy actions. To facilitate this, we recognise five key aspects for water diplomacy (Political; Preventive; Integrative; Cooperative; Technical) and propose a general definition for water diplomacy. We also discuss the possible distinctions between the related concepts of water diplomacy and transboundary water cooperation. The use of the Water Diplomacy Paths approach is demonstrated with brief case studies focusing on Central Asia, the Mekong Region, and the Finnish-Russian water cooperation. The work builds on an extensive literature review and comparative analysis of water diplomacy approaches as well as on a series of workshops and interviews among selected water diplomacy actors, including career diplomats.
Year: 2021
Collections: Research Paper
Topics: Water, Water law, Water Security, Transboundary cooperation, Hydropolitics
Authors: Abdulsalam Amini, Hamidreza Jafari, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Touraj Nasrabadi
Countries: Iran Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,
Source: Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
The present paper aims to analyze, using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR), a game theory model, the conflict between the three countries regarding the utilization of the water resources of the border river, Harirud. To this purpose, first, the current state of the conflict was investigated.
Year: 2021
Collections: Books
Topics: Climate
Authors: Кобзев Алексей, Януш-Павлетта Барбара, Когутенко Лариса, Асанов Д., Асанова Ж., Аухинова Н., Байматова Н., Гемеджиева Н., Долгих С., Ерзакович Е., Зикрина З., Капенов Н., Карибаева К., Керимрай А., Мищенко А., Ни В., Пачикин К., Родионов А., Сапаров А., Скляренко С., Трофимов Г., Тукенова З.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Source:
Данная коллективная монография знакомит широкий круг читателей с ключевыми экологическими проблемами и путями их решения в Казахстане. Монография является результатом совместного труда специалистов по важнейшим направлениям охраны окружающей среды, включая ученых, практиков и лидеров гражданского общества. Самое заветное желание сплоченной команды авторов заключается в том, чтобы не только казахстанцы, но и жители других стран и регионов сохраняли, заботились и защищали свое природное наследие, ставили интересы окружающей среды во главу угла при принятии решений на пути к лучшему будущему для каждого. Монография была подготовлена и опубликована в результате партнерства Казахстанско-Немецкого Университета, частного фонда Досыма Сатпаева и Группы оценки рисков, а также при поддержке Офиса программ ОБСЕ в Нур-Султане, Фонда им. Фридриха Эберта и информационной поддержке онлайн-журнала «Living Asia» .
Year: 2021
Collections: Scientific Publications, Research Paper
Topics: Water
Authors: Тулемисова Г. Б., Амангосова А. Г., Абдинов Р. Ш., Кабдрахимова Г., Джанзакова Б.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Year: 2021
Collections: Scientific Publications
Topics: Agriculture
Authors: Asfaw Etenesh B.
Countries: Uzbekistan
Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research
https://water-ca.org/article/state-led-cotton-deregulation-in-uzbekistan-reforms-and-effects
Uzbekistan’s cotton supply chain experienced a wave of deregulation reforms in the last five years. This paper attempts to assess the process and results of the State-driven transition from the centrally planned cotton sector to private cotton-textile clusters. The article employs secondary data sources to analyse the effects of the deregulation policies descriptively. The study reveals that the deregulation reforms increased productivity in the sector. The reform initiatives also vertically integrated the cotton supply chain from production to marketing. However, the reforms failed to transparently incorporate and harmonise the needs of cotton farmers that grow and sell raw cotton. Consequently, the promises of the State-led deregulation reforms and initiatives are eroded. The article highlights the emerging risks and tensions in the current cotton liberalisation and privatisation reforms in Uzbekistan.
Year: 2021
Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article
Topics: Water, Water law, Water diplomacy
Authors: Susanne Schmeier
Countries:
Source: American Journal of International Law, 115, 173-177
International water law (IWL) principles are often called upon to address disagreements and conflict between riparian states to a shared watercourse, with various parties invoking them to guide states’ behavior towards cooperative solutions that benefit the water resources as well as broader regional cooperation and peace. This essay argues that it is particularly important to acknowledge the role IWL principles play in negotiation processes, that is, in an ex ante and non-judicial function, providing a framework for cooperation and contributing to lawmaking, which makes them important tools of international relations and water diplomacy.
Year: 2021
Collections: Scientific Publications
Topics: Gender
Authors: Lerman Zvi
Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Source:
Year: 2021
Collections: Manuals
Topics: NEXUS
Authors: Януш-Павлетта Барбара, Такенов Жарас
Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan
Source:
Данное учебное пособие предназначено в качестве методического руководства для подготовки специалистов высших учебных заведений, также может быть использовано с целью расширения знаний более широкой аудиторией, включая государственных служащих, занятых в управлении водными ресурсами, продовольственной безопасностью, энергетикой, сохранением экосистем и в развитии инфраструктуры. В высших учебных заведениях учебное пособие может быть использовано для преподавания студентам и магистрантам социально-политического и экономического направления.
Year: 2021
Collections: Video
Topics: Energy, Renewable energy
Authors:
Countries: Kazakhstan
Source:
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ПВЭС - вблизи г. Ерейментау
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Мечеть с нулевым энергопотреблением «Цветок Всевышнего» в г. Нур-Султан.
Year: 2020
Collections:
Topics: Water, Climate, IWRM, Water diplomacy, Transboundary Water Resources, Water Security, Hydropower
Authors: Melinda Davies, Nathanial Matthews
Countries:
Source: International Journal of Water Resources Development
The article focuses on how China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) may affect water resources and water governance in Central Asia. The authors consider Central Asia as a region that already faces a complex water situation, including transboundary rivers, water scarcity, the dependence of agriculture on irrigation, the environmental problems of the Aral Sea, weak coordination between countries, and the impacts of climate change. Against this background, the development of infrastructure, industry, hydropower, and agriculture under the BRI may increase pressure on water resources.
Year: 2020
Collections: Research Paper
Topics: Water
Authors: Krupa E., Barinova S., Romanova S., Aubakirova M., Ainabaeva N.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Year: 2020
Collections: Scientific Publications
Topics: IWRM
Authors: Nori S. M.
Countries: Afghanistan
Year: 2020
Collections: Research Paper
Topics: IWRM
Authors: Гафуров А. А., Kalashnikova O. Ju., Niyazov J.B.
Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Year: 2020
Collections: Manuals
Topics: IWRM
Authors: Кобзев Алексей, Януш-Павлетта Барбара, Такенов Жарас, Когутенко Лариса, Кусаинова Майра, Ёдалиева Мархабо
Countries: Kazakhstan
Source:
Year: 2020
Collections: Research Paper
Topics: Water
Authors: Клёве Бьёрн, Ивкинa Наталья, Айзат Елтай
Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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