A Global Treaty on Rivers: Key to True Water Security

A Global Treaty on Rivers: Key to True Water Security by Fred Pearce:

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A Global Treaty on Rivers: Key to True Water Security

A Global Treaty on Rivers: Key to True Water Security No broad-based international agreement on sharing rivers currently exists, even though much of the world depends on water from rivers that flow through more than one nation. But that may be about to change, as two separate global river treaties are close to being approved. by fred pearce Is peace about to break out on the world’s rivers? It is amazing that until now there has been no global agreement on sharing international rivers. From the Mekong to the Jordan and the Niger to the Euphrates, there has been nothing to stop upstream countries from building giant dams that cut off all flows downstream. Yet in the coming weeks we could have two such treaties. First, the continuing bad news: Belligerent countries are still exerting their hydrological muscle. Just this month, Laos began construction of the first dam on the ...

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@FeelFreeorFly » 11 Dec '12, 8am
Two separate global river treaties are close to being approved... [link] via @YaleE360 #rivers #conservation #global #treaties
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@GreenRascal » 29 Nov '12, 10pm
"authorities in the U.S. and Mexico have carved out a new agreement on sharing the Colorado River," etc. [link]
@mangosryum » 23 Nov '12, 6pm
Global treaty on rivers: [link] Because none such exist right now
@mathew_petersen » 23 Nov '12, 4pm
Good piece on transboundary river basins and need for governance to avoid conflict, share resources cc @GreenCrossInt [link]
@frawgdawg73 » 22 Nov '12, 5am
More on river treaties, including the recent agreement btwn the US and Mexico for the Colorado River; as water... [link]
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Working towards a global treaty on rivers: [link]
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No broad-based international agreement on sharing rivers currently exists, but that may be about to change... [link]
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