Jakarta, April 27 -- Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong has said that water could potentially trigger wars in the future between countries around the world.

This is likely because water capacity is decreasing as a result of being threatened by environmental problems, he explained.

"Fresh water could be a factor in triggering wars in the future. In the future, we will not (wage) war over fuel oil, but over water," he said at the Environmental Vocational Agency Convention here on Saturday.

Dohong explained that currently, the availability of water is decreasing over time, as seen in Africa, and it is possible that this would also happen in other countries.

The availability of clean and suitable water for...