Geopolitics and Water Resources
Keywords:
Virtual water, Agriculture, conflict, cooperation, integration, Amazonian countries, water resources, scarcityAbstract
The consequences of the water resources‟ scarcity are a serious problem in the International Relations. The Atlantic and Amazon Forest‟s deforesta-tion threatens the continental water systems. The near end of the tropical glaciers in the Bolivian, Peruvian, Colombian and equatorial Andes, that have caused floods in the recent past, now induces unexpected droughts that can create serious difficulties to the Brazilian agribusiness. Absurd or not, the hypotheses of conflict about water re-sources have an alarming urgency. Egoisms that move against the equal division of water resources dangerously grow in scarcity scenarios.
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2010-12-13
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