Forgetting Nature: The Importance of Including Environmental Flows in International Water Agreements

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Date

2016-08-01

Authors

Hardberger, Amy

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Publisher

University of Oregon School of Law

Abstract

From the moment States created political boundaries to define their territory, they have shared water. There are 263 transboundary lake and river basins worldwide and 300 known transboundary aquifer systems. Whenever sharing is present, the opportunity for conflict is too. Climate change and increasing population are only two factors that may lead to increasing conflict if attention is not given to these situations.

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34 pages

Keywords

Water rights, Treaties, Climate change

Citation

17 Or. Rev. Int'l. L. 307 (2016)