Resolving Water Conflicts Workbook

Lynette de Silva co-directors the Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation, at Oregon State University. She teaches courses in water resources management; and, transforming water conflicts. She has acted as a consultant to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), offering training to senior water professionals. Over the past 20 years, she has worked in areas emphasizing water resources and land management practices. In 2019, de Silva co-authored the book entitled, "Resolving Environmental Conflicts: Principles and Concepts," the third edition, through CRC Taylor and Francis Publishers. Chris Maser spent over 25 years as a research scientist in natural history and ecology in forest, shrub steppe, subarctic, desert, coastal, and agricultural settings. He has lived, worked, consulted, and/or lectured in: Austria • Canada • Chile • Egypt • France • Germany • Japan • Malaysia • Mexico • Nepal • Slovakia • Switzerland • and various settings in the United States. Today he is an independent author as well as an international lecturer, facilitator in resolving environmental conflicts, vision statements, and sustainable community development. He is also an international consultant in forest ecology and sustainable forestry practices.

"This helpful workbook teases out some of the deep complexities of water conflicts through rich, wide-ranging, international case studies. Anchored by ‘four stages of water conflict transformation,’ the authors offer us a useful framework to expand our thinking about and responses to water conflicts. The holistic focus on relationships, culture, governance, and sustainability makes this an especially useful book for practical application as well as academic study." —Dr. Scott Jones, Co-Director, Mind the Gap Research & Training, Scotland; Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Bjørknes University College, Oslo"Water physically flows from upstream to downstream, from one farmer to another, and from one country to another. Water also flows conceptually across value systems that differ between individuals, societies, and states. The authors of this inciteful volume provide multiple case studies demonstrating how dispute resolution practices, conflict management frameworks, and indigenous knowledge can be used to turn the complexity of water’s physical and conceptual flow into healthier outcomes for societies and the water environments on which they depend."—Mark Giordano, Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

• Introduction by Lynette de SilvaChapter 1: The Consequence of a Decision and the Case of the Aswan High Dam by Chris MaserChapter 2: Water Conflict Transformation by Lynette de SilvaChapter 3: Evolving Water Governance under United States Law by Holly V. CampbellChapter 4: Different Systems, Common Conflicts by Holly V. Campbell and Liliana PimentelChapter 5: Rights of Nature: The Relationship between Water and People by Cameron La FolletteChapter 6: Intertribal Fishing Conflicts and Federal Obstruction in Oregon by David G. LewisChapter 7: The Role of Gender in Water Conflicts by Jaclyn Best and Jahan TaganovaChapter 8: Water Insecurities in Two African American Communities by Lynette de SilvaChapter 9: A Global Water Solution: An Example of the Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.5 by Melissa McCrackenChapter 10: Religious Worldviews, Environmental Values, and Conflict-Management Traditions by Josiah J. ShaverConclusion by Lynette de Silva