News sources disseminate information and inform the public.
Regional news often provides early warning signs of rapid social, political,
economic or physical change that can lead to unstable situations. The
accompanying institutional instability can also aggravate already precarious
hydropolitical issues. Potential flash points of hydropolitical vulnerability
should be detected early to allow mitigation and preemptive measures.
Key indicators include:
Proposals for future hydro-projects (rapid geopolitical change
due to physical change)
Nationalist movements (rapid political change through nationalization
of a river basin or aquifer)
Institutional capacity (presence or absence of a treaty, commission
or international initiative to mediate conflict)
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