Water and Peace: How deep is your knowledge?

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1. How many transboundary river basins are there in the world (not counting aquifers)?

About 100

About 300

About 1000

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2. How many of these transboundary river basins have formalized cooperation agreements?

1/4

1/3

1/2

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3. The principles of transboundary cooperation only apply to bordering countries, or along boundary lines of two countries.

TRUE

FALSE

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4. What’s the most important aspect to building strong cooperation?

Trust between parties to facilitate collection and exchange of data

Protectionism of each nation to ensure data stays secret

Rules and regulations to make sure all treaties follow the same framework

Improvisation to adapt to unforeseen challenges

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5. In which year was access to water and sanitation recognized by the United Nations as a human right?

1950

1990

2010

2020

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6. How can the impact of climate change contribute to conflicts?

It can increase competition for limited resources

It weakens infrastructures and makes them more vulnerable to attacks

It can make it easier for armed groups to assert their influence

All of the above

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7. Why is it important to integrate water management into peacebuilding efforts?

It can mitigate the risk of conflict escalation or relapse

It promotes international tourism

It directly impacts economic development

It is an easy subject for parties to agree on

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8. What is an effective strategy to overcome barriers to water cooperation?

Sticking to the status-quo

Relying solely on international organizations for mediation

Unilateral actions made by individual countries

Engaging local communities in decision-making processes

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9. Conflicts over waters are:

Not a thing, they don’t even exist

Resolved easily by signing a treaty

Amplified by the impacts of climate change

Occurring only in water-scarce areas

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10. Water diplomacy should only be utilized to resolve conflicts.

FALSE

TRUE