How does water governance shape regional politics in South America? And what happens when climate change, infrastructure, mining, agriculture, and local struggles for justice all converge around shared rivers, aquifers, and borderlands? 🎙️ In the second part of a two-part conversation, Dr. Ivo Ganchev speaks with Dr. Luis Paulo Batista da Silva (UFF), a geographer specializing in transboundary water governance, hydro-politics, and climate governance, to explore: · Why regional fragmentation matters for water governance, and why sector-specific institutions often struggle with cross-cutting environmental problems · How external actors — including China, the United States, NGOs, UN agencies, multilateral development banks, and international conservation organizations — influence water governance in Latin America · How corporate lobbying, privatization, infrastructure investment, agriculture, mining, and hydropower shape water management and water distribution · Why climate change is exposing the limits of existing governance frameworks, especially in relation to droughts, floods, and forest fires that cross national borders · What Latin America can learn from other regions, including Southeast Asia, and what other regions can learn from Latin American experiences of local water governance · Whether water is more likely to produce conflict, cooperation, or both at once · Why many struggles over water happen within states rather than between states · How local communities, indigenous knowledge, and demands for water justice can be better integrated into decision-making · How mining, agriculture, contamination, and water extraction affect rivers, aquifers, and communities across borders · Why looking closely at territory, borderlands, and everyday local practices is essential for understanding regional integration in practice 🎧 New Regional Orders is the official podcast of the Centre for Regional Integration, hosted by Dr. Ivo Ganchev. Each season focuses on a different world region, unpacking the political, economic, social, and geographic factors that drive regional change. 🔗 Learn More: Centre for Regional Integration: https://regionalintegration.org Dr. Ivo Ganchev: https://ivoganchev.com Dr. Luis Paulo Batista da Silva (Google Scholar): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bo13geYAAAAJ&hl=en Dr. Luis Paulo Batista da Silva’s Bio: https://bv.fapesp.br/pt/pesquisador/699379/luis-paulo-batista-da-silva/
