water case studies

Question 1

Helsinki treaty

Answer 1

An international guidline regulating how rivers and there connected groundwaters that cross national borders should be used
* Came into use in 1996
* Used by european countries and some african ones
* Promotes sustainable use of water
* requires a lot of monitoring
* limited amount of countries have signed up
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Question 2

Berlin treaty

Answer 2

Promotes the use of hydropowers in rivers without destroying local ecosystems
* Promotes hydropower
* Seen in europe
* improved status of chemical and ecological state of water bodies
* slow process