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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… moderate to severe water shortages. The number of people living in countries experiencing water shortages will … basins, with about forty percent of the world’s population living within one of these shared basins. 1 Gleick, P., 1993, … Subsequently, and in certain cases, this theory was modified to consider water as res communis, which means, …
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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… aquifer primarily supplies drinking water to populations living within its area (estimated at 70 million) but is also … world and supports the livelihoods of 60 million people living in the Lower Mekong Basin (which consists of Cambodia, … the area was impaired, 30% of which had been substantially modified from its original condition.68 Today the MDBA lists …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… and water use 68 1.1.3 Functional scope 68 1.1.4 Living resources 69 1.1.5 Navigation 69 1.2 Application 69 … the purpose of the present Article 2 (a). This Article is modified by the word ‘normally’ reflecting the seasonal … - ‘…a dynamic complex of plant, animal, and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Mekong River Basin. Mobilising grassroots engagement and facilitating high-level dialogue for transboundary water management

… rural livelihoods of a population of 55 million people living in the Lower Mekong Basin – equivalent to more than … they can also bring benefits in terms of raising living standards, increasing access to electricity for many …
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Share - Managing water across boundaries

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Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application

… between resource development for higher standard of living for their people and conservation and enhancement of … the integration of management systems of land, water and living resources, in a way that promotes the conservation and … The integration of management systems of land, water and living resources is a matter of societal choice, which in …
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Transboundary Lakes and Reservoirs: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… Schematic diagram of a transboundary aquifer system (modified from Puri et al., 2001) © G io rg io F ae do 3 … Objectives of TWAP Groundwater Component Population living on top of TWAP Transboundary Aquifers (TBAs): TWAP TBA …
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