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Everything you need to know about the UN Watercourses Convention [1]

In 1997, more than 100 nations gathered to adopt the UN Watercourses Convention-a flexible and overarching global legal framework that establishes basic standards and rules for cooperation between watercourse states on the use, management, and protection of international watercourses. Currently, the Convention has 17 contracting states, which is 18 short of the number required for entry into force. Everything you need to know about the UN Watercourses Convention is an informational brochure that includes freshwater facts and various case studies from around the globe.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Flavia Loures [2], Alistair Rieu-Clarke [3], Marie-Laure Vercambre [4]
WWF International [5]
Tags:
Wetlands [6], Desert Spread [7], Water Resources [8], Water Management [9], Water Policy [10], Climate Change [11], Biodiversity [12], India [13], Global [14]
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