One of the panellists, Marlou Church from The Nature Conservancy in Virgina, USA, stressed the need to educate the public before anything else. By educating the public, starting with the younger generations, people will begin to appreciate the value of water and any other scarce resource. It was funny how in a way, he said, Jordan and Virginia faced similar problems. People started building houses in areas which were meant for farming, and farming in areas which have poor soil. This existing problem cannot be solved now, but people could at least be prevented from further building in agricultural areas.
Public education is clearly the key.
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