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World Water Day 2009
13 March, 2009
This year's World Water Day on 22 March under the motto "Shared Water - Shared Opportunities" focuses on waters that cross borders to draw attention to the importance of sharing freshwater resources and their sustainable management.
UNU-EHS is also examining conflict and security related to shared water resources within two projects: MICROCON and WISDOM. Internationally shared waters link people but can also give reason to conflict.
UNU-EHS is currently carrying out a Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict (MICROCON) in the arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. This five-year research programme is funded by the European Commission, and takes an innovative micro level, multidisciplinary approach to the study of conflict cycle.
The MICROCON research project analyzes different types of local water-related violent conflicts, e.g. conflicts among different groups of water users and between water users and state authorities and private corporations.
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