The publications available in this section embrace multiple issues related to shared water governance and appropriate protection, management and utilization of transboundary water resources.
Champions of Water Governance
Leadership Building for Local to Transboundary Water Cooperation
The Building River Dialogue and Governance Programme (BRIDGE, currently in phase 3) set out to do something quite new: to facilitate the development of international networks of Champions of water governance in its target basins. Selected individuals who were already active in water or environmental resources stewardship were invited to build skills around transboundary cooperation in a collective process at basin or regional scale, in order to help realise new visions for the governance of shared water resources. This thematic case study reviews the diverse experience of the ‘Champions’ component’ of BRIDGE in Mesoamerica, South America, in the Lower Mekong region and in the Lake Chad Basin, to examine the factors of success and draw lessons for future initiatives that may choose to rely on change makers to effect transformative change.
Gobernanza del agua en América del Sur
Dimensión ambiental
En América del Sur, como a nivel mundial, los países experimentan un proceso de revisión de sus legislacionessobre el agua en todos los niveles, con énfasis en la redefinición de los derechos de propiedad asociados al recurso y al debate sobre la incorporación de sistemas legales del principio contaminador-pagador y usuario-pagador y de los costos asociados a su conservación.
Gobernanza del agua en América del Sur
Gobernanza del agua en Mesoamérica
Dimensión ambiental
El libro de Gobernanza del Agua en Mesoamérica pretende realizar un análisis comparativo del estado de la incorporación de la variable ambiental en la legislación sobre recursos hídricos de los países de Mesoamérica. Varios autores mesoamericanos presentaron la situación nacional propia, describiendo el régimen jurídico del agua, el marco institucional, usos del agua, incentivos para la conservación de los recursos hídricos, entre otros.
Gobernanza del agua en Mesoamérica
Governance of Shared Waters
Legal and Institutional Issues
This book is aimed at policy makers and water managers who are non-experts in legal issues, but are confronted with them during their work related to water management activities in a context where the hydrological resources cross national boundaries. It explains in a clear and simple way the principal aspects of International Water Law and the most important elements for water management and conservation in an international context.
International water governance : conservation of freshwater ecosystems
Vol.1 : International agreements, compilation and analysis
An analysis is provided of the most relevant provisions on freshwater ecosystems conservation, present in international treaties, and bilateral and multilateral agreements relating to rivers and lakes. Included also an analysis of relevant European Union legislation.
International water governance : conservation of freshwater ecosystems
La gouvernance de l'eau en Afrique de l'Ouest
Water Governance in West Africa
The workshop was organised to improve the understanding of the dialectic between water-related infrastructures and institutional frameworks in West Africa. Papers address a multiplicity of issues on water governance: water, wetlands and international environmental agreements; legal aspects of transboundary water resources; water resources management at the local level: customary and modern institutions; Integrated Water Resources Management, environment, economy, and equity in national water policies; and river basin organisations in West Africa.
La gouvernance de l'eau en Afrique de l'Ouest
Transboundary Water Governance
Adaptation to Climate change
Management of transboundary waters is increasingly becoming more challenging, particularly within a context of complex social and environmental changes. Population growth, often concentrated in the developing world, will increase pressure on already scarce resources. With more people there will be more mouths to feed and greater energy needs. Population growth will also lead to reduced water quality from increases in sewage runoff, and industrial and agricultural pollution.
