All these factors create potential conflicts and have led scholars of the region to speculate that the next war in the Middle East could be about water. Project EDEN will make such an eventuality less likely. Poor agricultural productivity also plagues much of the Middle East. Project EDEN will encourage the development and distribution of better agricultural techniques and reforestation in order to improve productivity. Increased productivity will enable the peoples of the Middle East to live healthier lives and will stem the flood of immigrants to the Middle Easts crowded cities. Mr. President. we must bring to bear on the environmental problems of the Middle East. and particularly the gulf. the spirit of cooperation and purpose that infused the international effort to liberate Kuwait.
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