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- Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law
- Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Treaties and Other Instruments
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Role of International Law in Addressing the Global Freshwater Ecosystem Crisis
- 2 Conceptualising the UNECE Water and Environmental Regime
- 3 Contemporary Status of International Law on Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems
- 4 The Common Normative Framework of the UNECE Environmental Regime and Its Contribution to International Water Law
- 5 An Ecosystem Approach in International Law Concerning Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems
- 6 Public Participation
- 7 River Basin Organisations, Basin Agreements and European Environmental Law in the UNECE Regime
- 8 Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - River Basin Organisations, Basin Agreements and European Environmental Law in the UNECE Regime
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2021
- Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law
- Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Treaties and Other Instruments
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Role of International Law in Addressing the Global Freshwater Ecosystem Crisis
- 2 Conceptualising the UNECE Water and Environmental Regime
- 3 Contemporary Status of International Law on Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems
- 4 The Common Normative Framework of the UNECE Environmental Regime and Its Contribution to International Water Law
- 5 An Ecosystem Approach in International Law Concerning Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems
- 6 Public Participation
- 7 River Basin Organisations, Basin Agreements and European Environmental Law in the UNECE Regime
- 8 Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The latest Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) reporting exercise demonstrated the wide spectrum of arrangements and shortcomings for transboundary cooperation at the river basin level in the UNECE regime, from basins with comprehensive legal frameworks to basins with no agreement at all. Transboundary water cooperation works best when there is a basin-level agreement and these agreements should be more detailed than regional or global treaties but must incorporate these rules and principles. This chapter identifies how the UNECE water regime contributes to transboundary water cooperation at the basin level through the development of basin agreements, river basin organisations and less formal cooperative arrangements. It identifies how the UNECE has supported implementation and compliance with the UNECE regime and international law at basin and national level and the involvement of non-state actors. It examines a range of basin arrangements including those with no agreement, like the Western Bug, or basins with advanced frameworks like the Danube and Sava. It also analyses the value of the UNECE regime in basins already subject to EU environmental law – seeking to understand the specific contribution of the UNECE vis-à-vis the EU law and discusses why EU states have demonstrated interest in the UNECE regime.
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- Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International LawThe Role and Impact of the UNECE Environmental Regime, pp. 224 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021