International watercourses law and multilateral environmental agreements : a case for the integrated protection and preservation of shared inland water ecosystems / by Yang Liu.

"This book anchors its arguments in Article 20 of the Watercourses Convention and explores consistencies and inconsistencies in parallel definitions, substantive and procedural obligations and institutional arrangements in IWL, and the Ramsar and Biodiversity Conventions with respect to the pro...

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Main Author: Liu, Yang (Law teacher) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, 2024.
Series:International water law series ; v. 12.
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Summary:"This book anchors its arguments in Article 20 of the Watercourses Convention and explores consistencies and inconsistencies in parallel definitions, substantive and procedural obligations and institutional arrangements in IWL, and the Ramsar and Biodiversity Conventions with respect to the protection and preservation of ecosystems of shared inland waters. Dr. Yang Liu argues that the all-around informed and integrated application of IWL and MEAs is essential for the effective protection and preservation of shared inland water ecosystems. However, the degree of cross-fertilization of parallel provisions should be examined on a case-by-case basis in light of the legal analytical framework deployed in this study"--
Physical Description:xiii, 611 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004689411
9004689419
ISSN:2351-9606 ;