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B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… equitable and reasonable use of an international watercourse? What are some practical (real-world) … of equitable and reasonable use of an international watercourse? 2. Introduction Every watercourse State has the right to use the waters within its …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Water Law and the Environment

… water law incorporates environmental concerns - Watercourse Convention 3.1. Equitable and reasonable … 2 (a) of the UN Watercourses Convention defines the term “watercourse” as “a system of surface waters and groundwaters … terminus.” It then Article 2 (b) defines “international watercourse” as “a watercourse, parts of which are situated …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… environmental flows, people and communities along the watercourse could gain greater access to drinking water. A … supply needed freshwater to thirsty communities along the watercourse. Likewise, where the purpose of securing minimum … (adjacent) sovereign States. For example, the Danube watercourse alone has seventeen riparian sovereign States, …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… xi Alejandro Iza Abbreviations and symbols xiii Part I Watercourse agreements 1 1. Global 3 2. Regions 8 2.1 Africa … 244 Vistula/WisÓa 245 Vuoksa/Vuoksi 246 Part II Non-watercourse agreements 249 1. Global 251 2. Regional 257 3. … provides a compilation and an analysis of selected watercourse agreements for shared water resources from around …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… a shared river, a shared basin and an international watercourse? 1.2 How are different water basin States … but to international watercourses. The international watercourse is no longer defined as a geographical area but … as a geographic area. It is therefore broader than a watercourse. The additional definition of a water basin, …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… The Protocol on Civil Liability 2. Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the Southern African Development … Objective Principle of unity and coherence of each shared watercourse Institutions 3. Agreements concerning specific … 2. Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the Southern African Development …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… natural character; 1. The social and economic needs of the watercourse States concerned; 2. The population dependent on the watercourse in each watercourse State; 3. The effects of the use or uses of the …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Environmental Security and the Role of Law

… Legal Materials (1997) 700. 21 Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the SADC Region, Windhoek, 7 August … reduce the potential damage to all countries sharing the watercourse. At the other extreme, drought situations may put … and standards for cooperation between states that share a watercourse. These rules regulate the use, management and …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… Legal Materials (1997) 700. 21 Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the SADC Region, Windhoek, 7 August … reduce the potential damage to all countries sharing the watercourse. At the other extreme, drought situations may put … and standards for cooperation between states that share a watercourse. These rules regulate the use, management and …
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International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014

… Legal Materials (1997) 700. 21 Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the SADC Region, Windhoek, 7 August … reduce the potential damage to all countries sharing the watercourse. At the other extreme, drought situations may put … and standards for cooperation between states that share a watercourse. These rules regulate the use, management and …
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