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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

Author
Aguilar G., Iza A.
Date
2011
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-085815)
Title (Spanish)

Gobernanza de aguas compartidas: aspectos jurídicos e institucionales

Publisher | Place of publication
IUCN | Gland
ISBN
ISBN 978-2-8317-1391-5(en), 978-2-8317-1078-5(sp)
Pages
227 p.
Document type
Monography/book, Serial/multi-volume work
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Water
Keyword
Freshwater resources management Basin/catchment/watershed Public participation Transboundary effects EIA Ecosystem preservation
Abstract

This book, part of the Environmental Policy and Law Paper, was elaborated by Grethel Aguilar, Regional Director of IUCN-Mesoamerica and Alejandro Iza, Director of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre. It uses international law as a starting point and explains how its provision and principles can be used as a mechanism for a good management of shared basins and the promotion of good water governance at the transboundary level. The aim of this book is to help to strengthen the capacities of decision-makers and water stakeholders, promote the cooperation between States that share water resources, and eventually contribute to further regional integration within the context of a political border that must be understood as a space to test and to forge cooperation and in which water has a fundamental role to play. The book provides most important legal and institutional features of water management at the global level but with special emphasis in Central America.

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