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If the water moves through different countries/states, who gets to regulate it?
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If the water contains fish and other aquatic foods through different countries/states, who gets to regulate it?
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If the water is polluted through different countries/states, who is responsible?
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If the water is blocked by a dam between different countries/states, who is responsible?
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Detailed explanation-1: -For the context of this article, ‘transboundary water conflict’ is defined as verbal, economic, or militarily hostile actions between stakeholders over internationally shared water resources. Within this group of actions, ‘violent transboundary water conflict’ is reserved to describe militarily hostile actions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The major causes of conflict over water include inadequate water supply, dependence on one water source, high population, modernization, poor relations between countries, etc. Different regions of the world are facing different types of water conflicts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Decreasing outflow of rivers is the major problem of transboundary water across the globe. Riparian states are paying greater attention to water shortages in dry regions after the increase in demand, growth in population and economic development.
Detailed explanation-4: -Climate change. Unsurprisingly, climate change is one of the main reasons behind the global water crisis. Natural disasters. War and conflict. Wastewater. Water waste. Lack of water data. Lack of international cooperation on shared water sources. Lack of infrastructure. More items •22-Mar-2022