The world faces the risk of water resource conflict

The risk of conflict of violence related to clean water will increase with the growth of the world population and global warming.

The above warning was made by the experts at the International Conference on " World Water Day" (22.3) recently.

Experts say the world population will probably reach 9 billion in the period between now and 2050, making the need to access water really a serious problem. Demand for water, especially for the agricultural sector, will continue to increase with the trend of the world's population.

Water scarcity is likely to cause conflicts in the world.

According to recently published data from the UN and international environmental organizations, with a population of more than 4 billion people, the Asia-Pacific region is facing the risk of conflict because of water when communities People in the area struggled to meet this need.

Countries like the Maldives, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and the Philippines are dealing with water shortages as supplies decline or population growth.

In Africa, the most arid continent in the world, last year, four East African countries upstream of the Nile, including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, signed a treaty to bring more water from the Nile (part large flowed through Egypt) returned to them for hydroelectricity and irrigation. This is an act strongly opposed by Egypt and Sudan.

The three remaining upstream countries that have not yet entered the Treaty are Burundi, Congo, and Kenya. Egypt and Sudan now use 90% of the Nile water. The rest of the upstream countries said that it was unfair and they wanted a new common agreement, but failed to achieve any results after 13 years of negotiations with Egypt and Sudan.

According to the BBC , there could be a war if nine African countries cannot compromise on sharing water.