Traditional top-down approaches often fail to incorporate local knowledge and needs. Local governments can bridge this gap by ...

As writer Timothy Egan wrote in his book, The Good Rain, “The Pacific Northwest is simply this: anywhere salmon can get to.” 15 The Columbia River Basin defines much of Egan’s “anywhere ...

The oil and gas industry has been talking up the potential of the Powder River Basin for 20 years. Even so, Wyoming’s busiest play still only has about 11 rigs running. It’s going to take more than an ...

The Mackenzie River Basin Transboundary Waters Master Agreement (Master Agreement) supports jurisdictions in managing basin water resources sustainably in a manner that maintains ecological integrity, ...

Uzbekistan is grappling with severe water shortages due to climate change, with diminishing river levels and reduced precipitation. Water usage per capita has halved between 2008 and 2022.

The $5 billion deal failed because officials from around the Colorado River Basin, including Colorado, couldn’t resolve key questions and concerns in time to call a vote before Congress adjourned. The ...

Agricultural irrigation expanded from 4.5 million to 7 million hectares, significantly increasing water demand and reducing the inflow from the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, which once sustained the ...

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Back in 1998, three countries – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan – signed an agreement on the use of water and energy resources of the Syr Darya River basin. Later, Tajikistan joined the ...

In 2024 alone, authorities directed 2.6 billion cubic metres of water from the Syr Darya river into the northern ... who set annual water quotas for the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, the two rivers ...