The conflict over water resources exploitation and sharing in the Aral Sea Basin is one of the most pressing environmental issues yet to be resolved in Central Asia. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and establishment of the New Independent States (NIS) within the Aral Sea Bain led...
While conflict and cooperation in Central Asia are mainly focused on the larger basins
(Amu and Syr Darya) and the implementation of the agreement reached directly after
independence (1991), here an analysis of the history of water-sharing agreements in the
Isfara Basin is presented. The paper reveals that there have...
In the Middle Rio Grande region of New Mexico, challenges such as droughts, growing urban demand for water, and newly listed endangered species have forced people to change the way that they manage water. New challenges in water governance have created cooperation among agencies that often have conflicting interests, goals,...