20091106 Grupo 12 Conflictos Agua

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  1. 1. The water as the greatest Geopolitical conflict of the XXI century
  2. 2. Introduction
    • CAUSES:
    • 3. Distribution of the Water
    • 4. Consumption of the Water
    • 5. Make business with the Water
    • CONFLICTS:
    • 6. The CochabambaConflict
    • 7. Posible Conflicts between Turkey, Syria and Iraq
    • 8. Posible Conflicts between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt
  3. 9. Distribution of the Water
    • 71 % of the surface of the ground
    is covered by water.
    • Only 2.5 % is a fresh water.
    • 10. And of this fresh water, only 33%
    • 11. flows.
  4. 12. Consumption of the Water
    • The agriculture consumes67%
    • 13. The industry uses
    • 14. 20 %
    • 15. The domestic uses
    • 16. 10 %
  5. 17. Make a business with the Water
    • Bechtel and Monsanto,think about
    how to privatize and control the waterin several countries.Bechtel took control of the watersystem in Cochabamba, the accessto the water diminished and pricethey raised 40 %
  6. 18. The Cochabamba (Bolivia) Conflict
    • The commercialization of it has a date of -2001.
    • 19. Governments give the market of it to the big corporations.
    • 20. In 2000, there was "war of the water".
    • 21. The State had given the authorization to handle the water system to Bechtel Corporation.
    • 22. The exploded not stop until the company left Bolivia.
  7. 23. Posible Conflicts between Turkey, Syria and Iraq
    • Turkeythat possesses the sources of both and who in fact controls the wealth -Syria and Iraq.
  8. 24. Posible Conflicts between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt
    • The Nile: water dispute Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt.
    • 25. The source and 85 % of the waters are in Ethiopia.
    • 26. There is a bilateral agreement between Sudan and Egypt.
    EGYPT SUDAN ETHIOPIA NILE
  9. 27.
    • Water is completely necessary for
    • 28. subsistence andeconomic development.
    • 29. Water is a other possbile motive of wars.
    • 30. It is possible that in the year 2025 the water demand will be
    • 31. 56% superior to the supply.
    CONCLUSION