Testimony, Interviews, Press

Congressional Testimony

US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, Hearing on Water Sharing Conflicts and the Threat to International Peace, Nov. 18, 2014.  Video archive of oral statements with Q&A, written statement

U.S. Congress Takes On Central Asia Water Conflicts, Joshua Kucera, Eurasianet.org, Nov. 19, 2014

Press/Stories

Could nations go to war over drinking water? Congress tapped #Bucknell Prof Amanda Wooden to help them learn more

Faculty Stories – Amanda Wooden

Georeferencing & Vectorizing Potential Environmental Hazards in Kyrgyzstan 

Bucknell Magazine “URANIUM TAILINGS TALES A HANDS-ON LESSON IN THE PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND POLITICAL BEHAVIORS OF AN ATOMIC LEGACY” By Morgane Tréanton ’09

News Interviews

Ryskeldi Satke and Franco Galdini, Nikkei Asian Review, August 12, 2014, “A tale of Kyrgyz gold, greed, poverty … and disaster?” 

Tamila Varshalomidze, Al JazeeraJune, 27 2014, “Environmental cost of Kyrgyzstan’s gold mine. 

David Trilling, Eurasianet, Oct. 18, 2010, “Kyrgyzstan: Melting Glaciers Threaten Central Asia’s Ecological and Energy Future” 

Rick Docksai, The Futurist, March-April 2010, “Reviving the Aral Sea”

Joanna Lillis, Eurasianet, April 23, 2009, “Kazakhstan: The Northern Aral Sea Rides Wave of Optimism

NPR News, aired on Morning Edition, Feb. 5th, 2008, “Kyrgyz Town Lives with Radioactive Soviet Legacy

Chicago Public Radio’s “Worldview” program occasional interviews (ex: http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/what-do-protests-georgia-mean)