Water Resources Governance: Transboundary water governance framework Flashcards
1
Q
Benefits t/boundary water governance
A
• Agreements for cooperation (295 since 1948)
– Strong incentive
– Benefits can include:
- • Better ecological management
- • Food security
- • Poverty alleviation
- • Political security
- • Regional cooperation and integration
- • Economic development
2
Q
Pre‐requisites
A
• Pillars of sustainable transboundary water
management:
– Political will
– Commitment for all Govts all levels
– Sound legal framework
– Effective institutional structures
– Integrated approach
– information exchange and joint m & a
– Stakeholder participation
– Equitable sharing of benefits and costs
– Sources of financing
3
Q
Approaches to transboundary water
governance
A
- Benefit sharing (equitable utilisation?)
- ‘no harm’ rule
- Sharing of data/information
- Prior notification of planned measures (through agreements to cooperate)
4
Q
Examples of transbundary water governance
A
- Danube Basin
- Nile River Basin
- Mekong River Basin
