What role for law in achieving transboundary drainage basin security?--the development and testing of the Legal Assessment Model (LAM) for transboundary watercourse states

The beneficial use of the world's transboundary waters raises difficult issues for drainage basin security on most parts of the globe. International law provides that each transboundary watercourse State is entitled to, and obliged to ensure, an "equitable and reasonable use" of these...

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Published in:Water science and technology 2004-01, Vol.49 (7), p.97-102
Main Author: Wouters, P K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beneficial use
Data Collection
Drainage
Drainage basins
Environment
Freshwater
Groundwater
Humans
International Cooperation
International law
Models, Theoretical
Policies
Policy Making
Program Evaluation
Reference Values
Security
Security Measures
Transboundary waters
Water Supply
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Summary:The beneficial use of the world's transboundary waters raises difficult issues for drainage basin security on most parts of the globe. International law provides that each transboundary watercourse State is entitled to, and obliged to ensure, an "equitable and reasonable use" of these shared waters. The IWLRI developed and tested a Legal Assessment Model (LAM) through the work of interdisciplinary teams working in three different transboundary situations--China (upstream), Mozambique (downstream) and Palestine (shared groundwater). The LAM provides a tool for transboundary watercourse States to use in the preparation of their national water strategy for use at the national and international levels. The model should now be tested at the basin level, with a view to assisting to accomplish the peaceful and rational use of transboundary waters in line with the governing rule of international law and thereby to facilitate the overall policy objective of drainage basin security.
ISSN:0273-1223
1996-9732
DOI:10.2166/wst.2004.0425