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dc.contributor.authorRieu-Clarke, Alistair
dc.contributor.authorSpray, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-14T12:56:11Z
dc.date.available2013-08-14T12:56:11Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationRieu-Clarke, A. & Spray, C. 2013. Ecosystem services and international water law: towards a more effective determination and implementation of equity?. Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad (PER), 16(2):12-65 [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1727-3781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/8840
dc.description.abstractInterest in an ecological- or an ecosystem-centred approach to natural resource management is not new, and in the case of water management has been very well emphasised for many decades. Recently however, a new focus has emerged around the identification and assessment of ecosystem services, and the potential to somehow use valuation of these services as a basis for more effective management of natural and human-linked systems. Despite this growing recognition, attempts to apply such an approach to transboundary watercourses are few and far between. While key principles of international water law, for example, equitable and reasonable utilisation, are not in conflict with an ecosystem services approach; significant challenges remain in its implementation. However, as the methods and tools used to identify ecosystem services improve, it is likely that such an approach will offer an important means by which to reconcile competing interests over shared watercourses in the future.en_US
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dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_US
dc.subjectInternational water lawen_US
dc.subjectTrans-boundary watercoursesen_US
dc.subjectReasonable and equitable use of wateren_US
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen_US
dc.titleEcosystem services and international water law: towards a more effective determination and implementation of equity?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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