Institutions, Livelihoods and the Environment
Institutions, Livelihoods and the Environment

Author: Per Ronnås

Publisher: NIAS Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9788787062985

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Despite the recent economic crisis, mainland Southeast Asia continues to experience increasing economic integration of previously isolated rural hinterlands, especially in the upland areas of Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Yunnan in China, where demographic pressures together with the development of infrastructure and increased market-orientation of production combine to bring about significant economic and social change in rural areas. These changes have also led to significant environmental degradation such as deforestation, disturbance of water flows, and depletion of biodiversity resources. These and other related issues are addressed in this volume.

Governing International Watercourses
Governing International Watercourses

Author: Susanne Schmeier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0415623588

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this contribution to the academic and policy debates surrounding the management and governance of shared natural resources, the focus is placed on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. The book includes advide to policy makers based on worldwide analysis, and three detailed case studies from three continents: the Senegal (West Africa), Mekong (South-east Asia) and Danube (Europe) rivers.

The Governance Regime of the Mekong River Basin
The Governance Regime of the Mekong River Basin

Author: Rémy Kinna

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-05-08

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9004345701

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Entry into force of the UN Watercourses Convention in August 2014, and the opening of the UNECE Water Convention to all states in March 2016, are significant milestones in international water law. A comparative analysis of these two global water conventions and the 1995 Mekong Agreement reveals that all three instruments are generally compatible. Nonetheless, the international legal principles and processes set forth in the two conventions can render the Mekong Agreement more up-to-date, robust and practical. The Governance Regime of the Mekong River Basin: Can the Global Water Conventions Strengthen the 1995 Mekong Agreement? contends that strengthening the Agreement would be timely, given the increasing pressures associated with the rapid hydropower development within the basin and the gradually emerging disputes therein. Due to these fast-moving developments, Kinna and Rieu-Clarke strongly recommend that the Mekong states should seriously consider joining both conventions in order to buttress and clarify key provisions of the 1995 Mekong Agreement.