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Management
Dr. H. Kehl
Political Implications of Transfrontier Ground
and Surface Water Pollution with the Potentially
Result of Significant Losses of Productive
Agricultural Land"
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Dr. H. Kehl
Transboundary Waters - Common Pool Resources
The 1997 UN-Convention on International
Watercourses (Law of the non-navigational uses
of internationally shared fresh water resourses -
surface and ground water)
This definition calls the attention of states to
the interrelationship between all parts of the
system of surface and ground waters that form an
international watercourse.
source Autorite du Bassin du Niger Le Modele
Mathematique du Fleuve Niger Novembre 1982
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4Ecosystem Analysis and Integrated Ground Water
Management
Dr. H. Kehl
Transboundary Waters - Common Pool Resources
The 1997 UN-Convention on International
Watercourses (Law of the non-navigational uses
of internationally shared fresh water resourses -
surface and ground water)
source UNESCO
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Dr. H. Kehl
Transboundary Waters - Common Pool Resources
The 1997 UN-Convention on International
Watercourses
Riparian Nations
Nile River Basin
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Management
Dr. H. Kehl
Transboundary Waters - Common Pool Resources
The 1997 UN-Convention on International
Watercourses
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Management
Dr. H. Kehl
Transboundary Waters - Common Pool Resources
The 1997 UN-Convention on International
Watercourses
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Management
Dr. H. Kehl
Transboundary Waters - Common Pool Resources
The 1997 UN-Convention on International
Watercourses
etc.
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Dr. H. Kehl
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Dr. H. Kehl
According to Wolf (2000)
There are 261 watersheds which cross the
political boundaries of two or more countries.
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According to Wolf (2000)
These basins have certain characteristics that
make their management especially difficult, most
notable of which is the tendency for regional
politics to regularly exacerbate the already
difficult task of understanding and managing
complex natural systems.
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According to Wolf (2000)
The Convention entails a transition from the
prudence of a single watercourse state to the
shared prudence of watercourse states.
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According to Wolf (2000)
To many analysts, this is one essence in which
the Convention imposes constraints on Unilateral
Development raising the old question of water and
sovereignty Unlimited Territorial Integrity
Unlimited or Absolute Sovereignty theories.
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Dr. H. Kehl
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Dr. H. Kehl
Paul Klee
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Integration of universities agencies.
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Enhancement of surface and ground water quality
for agriculture.
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