Groundwater in international law
compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
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Author
Contributions
- Mechlem, Kerstin. - Contributor
- Unesco. - Contributor
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. - Contributor
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Development Law Service. - Contributor
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Legal Office. - Contributor
Publication
2005 - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Rome
Language
English
Word Count
141,500 words, Guess
Page Count
566 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15580435M
- ISBN-10925105231X
- OCLC Control Number60545401
- OCLC Control Numbergroundwaterinint0000burc
- Library of Congress Control Number2005455314
and 1 more
- Goodreads6274194
Classifications
- LCCK3496 .B86 2004
Description
Groundwater is of high social, economic, environmental and strategic importance. It represents about ninety-seven percent of the fresh water resources available on earth, excluding the water locked in the polar ice. Aquifers, among them numerous transboundary ones, are coming under growing pressure from over-abstraction and pollution, which seriously threaten their sustainability. Up to now international law has paid much less attention to ground- than to surface water. Slowly however, a body of rules dealing with this vital resource is emerging that indicates a trend towards more comprehensive international regulation. This publication brings together binding and non-binding international law instruments that, in varying degrees and from different angles, deal with groundwater. Its aim is to report developments in international law and to contribute to detecting law in-the-making in this important field.
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Series Statement
- FAO legislative study -- 86
Other Editions
- Groundwater in international law: compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
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