faostat.environment.water_stress
Retrieve freshwater withdrawal as a percentage of available freshwater resources for a country. High values (>40%) indicate severe water stress. Data from FAO FAOSTAT — UN SDG Indicator 6.4.2. Covers 211 countries. Accepts ISO alpha-2 (e.g. "IN"), alpha-3, or ISO numeric country codes.
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What faostat.environment.water_stress does on Apibase
AI agents call faostat.environment.water_stress to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
end_year | integer | — | End year for the time series (default: latest available) |
start_year | integer | — | Start year for the time series (default: 2015, earliest available: 1961) |
country_code | string | Yes | Country code: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (e.g. "IN", "US", "ET"), alpha-3 (e.g. "IND"), or ISO numeric (e.g. "356") |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why faostat.environment.water_stress is rated Low
Tool retrieves environmental data without side effects or capability to modify systems.
From the tool's definition Retrieve freshwater withdrawal as a percentage of available freshwater resources
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The rule that runs faostat.environment.water_stress safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For faostat.environment.water_stress, this is the rule to start with:
faostat.environment.water_stress is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every faostat.environment.water_stress call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about faostat.environment.water_stress
Retrieve freshwater withdrawal as a percentage of available freshwater resources for a country. High values (>40%) indicate severe water stress. Data from FAO FAOSTAT — UN SDG Indicator 6.4.2. Covers 211 countries. Accepts ISO alpha-2 (e.g. "IN"), alpha-3, or ISO numeric country codes. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
faostat.environment.water_stress accepts 3 parameters: end_year, start_year, country_code. Required: country_code. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for faostat.environment.water_stress: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
faostat.environment.water_stress is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the faostat.environment.water_stress rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for faostat.environment.water_stress. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
faostat.environment.water_stress is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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