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		<title>Rethinking Transboundary Ground Water Resources Management: A Local Approach along the Mexico-U.S. Border</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/05/06/rethinking-transboundary-ground-water-resources-management-a-local-approach-along-the-mexico-u-s-border/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>h2olwpadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico-US Border]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nearly 2,000 mile-long border between Mexico and the United States is hot and dry. Few rivers cross this arid expanse. Yet, despite the lack of visible, life-sustaining water, the region is growing – the combined border population, currently around 14.4 million, is expected to increase 40% by 2020.  The reason for this remarkable growth is ground water, more specifically, transboundary aquifers.  As many as twenty aquifers straddle the Mexico-U.S. border, many of which serve as the primary or sole source of fresh water for the border’s communities and unique ecosystems ...]]></description>
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		<title>Remembrance of Ambassador Chusei Yamada</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/25/remembrance-of-ambassador-chusei-yamada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/25/remembrance-of-ambassador-chusei-yamada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is always sad when a colleague passes on. Somehow, it is even more sorrowful when that person was a friend to and respected by so many. On 21 March 2013, Ambassador Chusei Yamada passed away in his native Japan; and the global water community lost a great friend ...]]></description>
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		<title>2013 – International Year of Water Cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/18/2013-international-year-of-water-cooperation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/18/2013-international-year-of-water-cooperation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Dr. Salman M.A. Salman, an academic researcher and consultant on water law and policy and a Fellow with the International Water Resources Association. Until December 2009, Dr. Salman served as Lead Counsel and Water Law Adviser with the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank. He can be reached at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Security, National Security and Israel’s Separation Wall: The Case of Battir</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/06/water-security-national-security-and-israels-separation-wall-the-case-of-battir/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/03/06/water-security-national-security-and-israels-separation-wall-the-case-of-battir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Only a few miles from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Green Line, residents of the Palestinian village of Battir practice an ancient agricultural water-use technique dating back to the Roman Period  . . .  Israel is currently planning to build the separation wall on the edge of Battir, separating Palestinian farmers from their fields.]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing Central Asia’s Waters: The Case of Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/01/19/sharing-central-asias-waters-the-case-of-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2013/01/19/sharing-central-asias-waters-the-case-of-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transboundary Rivers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan has four major river basins.  All are international watercourses as that term is defined in the 1997 UN Convention on the Law of Non-navigable Uses of International Watercourses.  When looking at the waters in Afghanistan the regional history cannot be ignored and the circumstances that often provide an impetus to negotiate water-sharing agreements should be examined.]]></description>
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		<title>Minute 319: A Creative Approach to Modifying Mexico-U.S. Hydro-Relations  Over the Colorado River</title>
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		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/12/10/minute-319-a-creative-approach-to-modifying-mexico-u-s-hydro-relations-over-the-colorado-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to ongoing climatic changes and uncertainties, the 1944 Water Treaty was recently amended by Minute 319 to provide for both nations to share surpluses and water shortages, permit Mexico to store some of its allotted water in the United States, facilitate investment in Mexico’s water infrastructure, and restore the environmental flows of the Colorado River to the Gulf of California, albeit on an experimental scale.]]></description>
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		<title>Should we care whether the UN Watercourses Convention enters into force? &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/22/should-we-care-whether-the-un-watercourses-convention-enters-into-force-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/22/should-we-care-whether-the-un-watercourses-convention-enters-into-force-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>h2olwpadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following post (Part II of II), by Dr. Alistair Rieu-Clarke (a.rieuclarke [at] dundee.ac.uk), IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy &#38; Science (under the auspices of UNESCO) and Ms. Flavia Loures (flavia.loures [at] wwfus.org), WWF, continues the debate initiated in Part I  concerning the importance of the entry into force of the UN Watercourses Convention for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we care whether the UN Watercourses Convention enters into force? &#8211; Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/22/should-we-care-whether-the-un-watercourses-convention-enters-into-force-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/22/should-we-care-whether-the-un-watercourses-convention-enters-into-force-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>h2olwpadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post (Part I of II), by Dr. Alistair Rieu-Clarke (a.rieuclarke [at] dundee.ac.uk), IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy &#38; Science (under the auspices of UNESCO) and Ms. Flavia Loures (flavia.loures [at] wwfus.org), WWF, is based on experiences gained through a range of activities conducted as part of the UN Watercourses Convention Global Initiative. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convention Watch &#8211; Benin Becomes 27th Party to the UN Watercourse Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/06/convention-watch-benin-becomes-27th-party-to-the-un-watercourse-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/06/convention-watch-benin-becomes-27th-party-to-the-un-watercourse-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Benin became the 27th Party to the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention when it submitted its instrument of accession to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 5 July 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Luxembourg Ratifies 1997 Watercourses Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/06/12/luxembourg-ratifies-1997-watercourses-conovention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/06/12/luxembourg-ratifies-1997-watercourses-conovention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Eckstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Water Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 8 June 2012, Luxembourg became the 26th nation to ratify or otherwise become a full party to the 1997 UN Convention on the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses. The other 25 states include: Burkina Faso, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Namibia, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, and Uzbekistan.  In addition four nations have signed the treaty but have yet to become full ratifying members: [...]]]></description>
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