Natural Borders, not necessarily a source of conflicts: Learning from the Canadian
experience.
Juan Gabriel Arango Ochoa
International Business Student
jarang19@eafit.edu.co

This essay is based on the article “Recursos hídricos compartidos en cuestión: reflexiones para el caso colombo-venezolano a partir de la experiencia internacional canadiense” by Giselle Catalina Gómez Velandia. Published at Perspectivas Colombo Canadienses, No. 1, Año 2008, Asociación Colombiana de Estudios Canadienses-ACEC-, ISSN: 2011-6888

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Abstract
The current article describes the shared hydric resources a possible source of conflicts among different countries, while focusing on the issues that have surged among Colombia and Venezuela because of the resources they share alongside the border. It then relates, how Colombia could learn from Canada, which is one of the most important countries in the world in terms of hydric resources and that has faced similar shared hydric resources issues in the past, particularly at its border with U.S.