Sunday, January 31, 2010

Lake Balkhash - Another Aral Sea? Should We Even Care?

I refer you again to Dr. Van Cotthem's blog. This time to revisit Kazakhstan. When were we there last? When, in previous blogs, we spoke about the Aral Sea.

It is again time to look at the demands for freshwater and again, it has a lot to do with China and its emerging assault on the environment as population centers and development continue.

The challenge - THIS TIME - is to not replicate another Aral Sea. But, then, this time the negotiation will be with China and not Russia. I guess that makes this different.


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