A Amazônia legal e a preservação dos interesses brasileiros: a bacia amazônica como cenário prospectivo de conflitos

Abstract

The Amazon has a real treasure in liquid form, the "blue gold" fundamental to human existence, which may arouse international greed. The purpose this research is to point out the need to defend the transboundary waters of the basin Amazonia against possible conflicts in that region, from a brief exposition of how fresh water has been motivating conflicts around the world and of watercourse legislation cross-border. This work will be carried out through bibliographic research and documentary, qualitative research in texts and articles published on the Internet. The is organized in four chapters. In the introduction, a brief contextualization on the situation of water resources today, making a geographical Amazon basin. In the second chapter, the main international treaties and national legislation on transboundary waters. In the third, it addresses conflicts contemporaries involving waters in the world and the Amazon basin as a prospective scenario of conflicts. Finally, in the fourth chapter will be presented the final considerations.