Delegate: HeMengXin GuanMingYuan
School: Shanghai Minhang High School
Country: The Republic of the Fiji Islands
Committee: UNEP
Topic B: Utilization and Pollution Reduction of Transnational Rivers
Transnational river means a river, parts of which are situated in different States.
The utilization of transnational rivers is in two parts: The first is the quantity of water we use in our daily lives, agricultures and industries. The second is the hydroenergy and the hydroelectric power we use.
The pollution of transnational rivers is both caused by nature and human beings. The natural cause is that the environment is damaged seriously nowadays, there is too much dust in the atmosphere, and rainwater has brought the dust into rivers. But the main problem is the man-made cause, too many industries have let out too much polluted water; the agriculture and pesticide all made the water quality become badly; there’re too many people crowed in the cities, and too many people means lots of waste water which pollutes the river.
If water gets polluted, it will be disadvantageous to human beings. 70%-80% of human’s body is water, if the water gets polluted, people can get regular drinks, and many diseases will be caused; beside that, the agriculture and industries won’t keep going well with polluted water, people’s daily life will be destroyed; and also polluted water will break the balance of nature. Water really plays an important role on the globe.
A world of increasing population, increasing pressure on economic production and scarce water resources is prone to conflicts of interest. Such conflicts may erupt between proximate users or user groups in local arenas, but also between conflicting upstream and downstream land and water uses. Transnational river basins are particularly interesting in this regard due to the international dimension of the emerging conflicts and potential windows of opportunity for peaceful cooperation.