Stakeholders, conflict and wetland futures
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Define a stakeholder in water management.
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Any party with an **interest in how a water resource is managed** — farmers, residents, industry, fishers, government, conservationists, other countries.
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Why does managing water cause conflict?
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Because stakeholders have **competing demands** (drinking, farming, energy, fishing, nature) and **unequal power** — one party's gain is another's loss.
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Define a wetland.
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Land that is **saturated or covered by water** — marsh, swamp, floodplain, delta or bog.
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Name four ecosystem services of a wetland.
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**Flood control**, **water cleaning/filtering**, **carbon storage**, and **wildlife habitat** (also fishing and recreation).
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Why are wetlands easily lost?
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They are **drained** for farmland, buildings and roads, so they degrade fast despite their value.
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What is a transboundary basin?
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A river, lake or aquifer **shared across international borders**, so no single government controls it — a common source of conflict.
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What is the Ramsar Convention?
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The 1971 **international treaty** under which countries protect wetlands of global importance.
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Why do dam costs and benefits fall unevenly?
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Cities/government gain power, growth and flood control, while displaced communities and downstream fishers lose homes, water and silt — national benefits vs local costs.
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Give two ways a community can use water more sustainably.
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**Rainwater harvesting** and **metering/pricing + leak repair** (also recycling, drip irrigation, boreholes, quotas).
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Name a dam case study and its lesson.
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**Three Gorges (Yangtze)** — huge power and flood control, but about 1.3 million people relocated: benefits and costs fall unevenly.
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Name a transboundary conflict case study.
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**The Nile / Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam** — Ethiopia dams the Blue Nile upstream while Egypt fears losing water downstream.
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What does a top [10] stakeholder essay need?
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A stakeholder map, two+ developed points with a **named case study and data**, recognition of **unequal power**, and a **justified judgement**.
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