Local level water cooperation flourishes in Central Asia

Bunyod Holmatov & Jonathan Lautze Despite high-level tensions between countries, water cooperation is thriving on the tributaries of the Syr Darya Water has been a major cause of tension for Central Asian countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The planting of vast cotton fields and river diversions during the Soviet era shrank the Aral Sea… Continue reading Local level water cooperation flourishes in Central Asia