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Peace Lessons in Water Negotiations / Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)

Series: Peace Talks Radio: Hour Long Specials
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Length: 00:58:59

While some have predicted that "water will be the next oil" as the resource that countries will start wars over, the fact is that over centuries now, cooperation rather than conflict has been the norm when nations negotiate over water resources. PEACE TALKS RADIO explores this phenomenon with water negotiator Aaron Wolf. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

This time we explore the question, will managing the world's overtaxed water supply lead to more conflict or actually be a compelling catalyst to peace.  The fact is that, so far, cooperation rather than conflict over water is the norm around the world.  That's according to Oregon State University Professor Aaron Wolf, co-author of the book Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts, who's been facilitating solutions to water conflicts for years and sees many lessons in peacemaking emerging from the experience.   “Water hits us at a profoundly different level than other resources,” he says. “People are willing to do horrible things to each other. What they seem not willing to do is turn off each other’s water.”   Host Carol Boss talks with Aaron Wolf on this edition of Peace Talks Radio
 
Also, a chat with Matt and Christina Berlin who took some Oakland school kids to Kenya for a horizons-expanding experience, then got deeply involved in the effort to help a rural Kenyan community purify it's dangerous water supply.  The two talk about their up close experience with water's role in improving the health and dignity of a community and making it less susceptible to conflict.

Timing and Cues

59:00 Version Version

59:00 Version

00:00:00 - 00:00:59 Open BB

00:01:00 - 00:20:51 - Part A - ends with :60 music break for local accts.

00:20:52 - 00:41:35 - Part B - ends with :60 music break for local accts.

00:41:36 - 00:59:00 - Part C

54:00 Version Version

54:00 Version

00:00:00 - 00:00:59 Open BB

00:01:00 - 00:06:00 - Your Newscast

00:06:00 - 00:25:51 - Part A - ends with :60 music break for local accts.

00:25:52 - 00:40:59 - Part B - ends with :60 music break for local accts.

00:41:00 - 00:59:00 - Part C

Additional Files

Additional Credits

Support by the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation

The McCune Charitable Foundation

KUNM, University of New Mexico