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UNESCO - Issues of Local and Global Use of water from the Amazon
Abstract
Water has become one of the most critical issues of the new century and is certainly
of vital importance to sustainable ecosystem management. The objective of the present
monograph is to contribute substantially to discussions on water and highlight current
issues that are essential for the survival of humankind. Scarcity of water in some regions
and abundance of water in others, degradation of water and pollution of entire watersheds
have already led to regional - and even global - conflicts. The Amazon basin, which
contains 15% of the world’s freshwater resources within its watershed, has become a
covered resource, the subject of international debate and the object of international desire.
Given the water shortage in many regions of the world, the privileged situation of the
Amazon basin could inspire misguided political decisions to “right the imbalance” at the
risk of undermining the sustainable use of water resources in specific ecosystems and
unleashing large-scale catastrophes. The time to act is now. Corrective measures are
necessary to undo the damage already done. This will demand solid scientific input.
International co-operation is needed in order to tackle head on openly the most critical
issues. New approaches to problem-solving must be found as well as new avenues for cooperation,
not between only the countries immediately concerned but also involving the
rest of the world.
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