- Release date
- December 30, 2009
- Contact
- John Rivera
- Director of Communications
- Baltimore, MD
- 410-951-7399
- jrivera@crs.org
Media Advisory: CRS and Wilson Center to Co-Sponsor Discussion on "Water, Conflict and Cooperation"
December 30, 2009, Washington D.C. —
What:
Catholic Relief Services and the Woodrow Wilson Center's (WWC) Environmental Change and Security Program hold a discussion on "Water, Conflict and Cooperation: Practical Concerns for Water Development Projects."
Who:
Ken Hackett, President, Catholic Relief Services
Jason Gehrig, Consultant and Engineer, Catholic Relief Services
Tjip Walker, Team Leader, Warning and Analysis unit, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, U.S. Agency for International Development
William E. Hall, Professor, Conflict Resolution Program, Georgetown University
Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
When:
Wednesday, January 6, Noon to 2 p.m.
Where:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room, Washington, D.C.
Background:
CRS and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program are organizing a panel discussion about water's complex role in conflict and development. During the event, CRS will launch its new publication titled Water and Conflict: Incorporating Peacebuilding into Water Development which describes how water scarcity, access to water supplies, pollution of water sources and transboundary water management increasingly play a role in disputes, political manipulation and, in worst cases, outright conflict.
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