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… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or its authorities, or … not sustainable Global abstraction of groundwater has at least tripled over the last 50 years. Groundwater levels have … Groundwater is a vulnerable resource. As schemes are developed to pump out huge quantities of water, and with the …

… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … have recognised the non-consumptive use of water and developed special domestic legislation to provide for it. A … the brown trout at 1995 levels’, ‘preserving at least 75% of downstream mangrove forests’, or ‘maintaining …

… several coun- tries, organizations and initiatives have developed working definitions.9 The Millen- nium Project,10 … were given individual instructions and a hypothetical, country-specific, negotiating mandate and were guided by … a ‘double-blind’ basis by in- ternational experts from at least two different countries for each paper – the process …

… iiiacKnoWleDGeMents Acknowledgements This publication was developed by the Division of Environmental Law and … and effluent discharge permits. The Act also empowers the country’s water minister to establish ‘safe yields’ when … the result could be measured in lives saved or, at least, improved human conditions. Given that capitalism has …

… rights it is important to clearly recognize that each country faces unique water issues. What is normal and … regulated either as part of a water rights regime, or at least in close co-ordination with it. Thus, depending on the … food, clothing and housing. The "Right to water" was developed in General Comment 15 on the Covenant by the …

… instruments concluded between member states of a federal country, which either deal exclusively with groundwater or … in international law8 (iv) Functions to manage the tools developed under the SASS project (hydrogeologic data base and … the receiving water or the ecosystem so requires; (e) At least biological treatment or equivalent processes are …

… 2025; almost all Sub-Saharan African coun- tries share at least one international river basin. In Africa there are … on human timescale. As a result, a broad consensus has developed in AMCOW and in ANBO/INBO, (African (International) … transboundary nature of water as rivers flow from one country to the next. International development cooperation in …

… the time its effects are felt. Domestic legislation has developed legal responses to each of type of polluting event, … Water quality objectives and threshold values are often developed by domestic legislation to serve as benchmarks. … A significant number of such basin treaties apply (at least formally) to surface and groundwater alike so that …

… for transboundary aquifers are less specific and less developed as compared with their domestic counterparts and … in the border area that might adversely affect the other country”. Similarly, Article 15 of the Draft Articles would … impact must delay implementation of those measures for at least six months while negotiating with the potentially …