Data Licensing and Commercial Use

The Water Conflict Chronology is an original dataset developed and maintained by Pacific Institute. The dataset may be used for research, educational, and other non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution.

  • Cite the database in your work: Pacific Institute (2025) Water Conflict Chronology. Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. https://www.worldwater.org/water-conflict/. Accessed: (access date).

Commercial use — including but not limited to incorporation into paid services, subscription products, APIs, risk assessment tools, or sublicensed platforms — is not permitted without a separate written license agreement.

Organizations interested in commercial applications should contact Pacific Institute at mshimabuku@pacinst.org to discuss licensing arrangements.

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