Recent Research Into Water Conflicts
Scientists at International Water Management Institute and Oregon State University have recently found that water conflicts are in the minority of issues concerning water use with hundreds of treaties in place guiding benevolent use of water resources between nations. Water conflicts tend to arise as an outcome of other social issues.
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