Water
The Judicial Contribution to Water Justice: The Australian Experience
The Brasilia Declaration of Judges on Water Justice, adopted at the eighth World Water Forum in Brasilia on March 21, 2018, recognizes that water justice involves environmental stewardship, intergenerational equity, sustainable...
Crafting Collaborative Governance: Water Resources, California’s Delta Plan, and Audited Self-Management in New Zealand
Since the 1980s, water governance has increasingly been linked to institutions and laws that engage local actors and closely relate to local ecosystems and catchments. These approaches, referred to as collaborative water governance,...
Five Things to Consider When Developing and Adapting Water Policies and Programs in the West
Water policies and programs in the western United States have not always achieved the results originally envisioned. The surrounding circumstances, from public opinion and involvement to hydrology and administrative capacity,...
Is Water a Natural Resource in International Watercourses?
Resource managers, economists, and legal scholars consider water a natural resource. The fundamental tensions raised by the concept of international water management are legal, such as sharing water in international watercourses,...