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GIWA Water Regions Divides world's oceans into 66 subregions, and provides information and links to major intergovernmental agreements and actors, actions programs and research, state of the regional environment, GEF projects in the region, and other actors, initiatives and resources. An excellent resource.

GLOBWINET - Global Water Information Network provides abstracts and links to information on water legislation and policy, water conflicts, water reform, and other topics of a regional or international scope.

International Water Law Project Companion site to The World's Water. Offers a list of documents on water law, such as international multilateral and bilateral agreements (list of citations, some with links to full text). Also offers bibliographies on selected regions and topics, with some entries linked to full text.

The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources Excellent reference tool. Includes data and information, an extensive collection of links, and a chronology of world water conflicts.

Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database includes a searchable full-text database of 150 water-related treaties and 39 interstate compacts. Components to be added in the future include case studies of international water conflict resolution and an annotated bibliography with approximately 1,500 entries.

UNESCO Water Portal "provides links to the current UNESCO and UNESCO-led programmes on freshwater and will serve as an interactive point for sharing, browsing and searching websites of water-related organizations, government bodies and NGOs, including a range of categories such as water links, water events, learning modules and other on-line resources." Includes the World Water Assessment Programme.

Water Observatory is produced by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. It includes news, a document center with documents from IATP and other organizations.

The Water Page incorporating the African Water Page.

Water, Sanitation and Health (WHO)

Water and Sanitation Program Originally a project of the World Bank and UNDP, it now involves more than 15 bilateral and multilateral donors. It focuses on rural and small town water supply and sanitation and services for the urban poor. Most of its publications are available free online.

Water Research Network Includes an extensive bibliography and links to project websites.

Watersheds of the World (World Resources Institute)

Water Guide (Eldis - the gateway to development information)

 

Organizations

Global Water Partnership

Green Cross International - Water Conflict Prevention Program

International Network of Basin Organizations

International Rivers Network

International Water Academy

International Water Law Research Institute (University of Dundee)

International Water Resources Association

interWater Links to international organizations.

United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health

World Water Council

 

Water Resources Management

International Water Management Institute

World Bank Group – Water Resources Management

Urban Water Resources Management (Global Development Research Center)

Transboundary Water Management as an International Public Good

River Basin Management

Global Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis Mark W. Rosegrant, Ximing Cai, and Sarah A.Cline. Jointly published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Overcoming Water Scarcity and Quality Constraints (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Water Resources, Development and Management Service (FAO)

 

Conflict

National Sovereignty and International Watercourses (Green Cross International)

 

Regional

Africa

Africa Water Vision for 2025: Equitable and Sustainable Use of Water for Socioeconomic Development (World Water Council)

Declaration of the African Ministers Responsible for Water Resources

Policy for Integrated Water Resources Management (African Development Bank)

Nile Basin Water Resources (FAO)

Avoiding Conflict Over Africa's Water Resources (Dr. Peter Ashton)

 

Middle East

Arab Countries Vision Consultations (World Water Council)

Waternet – Water, conflict, and politics in the Middle East

Water and Palestinian-Israeli Peace Negotiations (Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine)

Water Resources in the Middle East: a Bibliography (United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library)

 

Asia

Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Water Supply Projects

ASEAN Countries to Establish Water Partnership

Asian Development Bank Water Web Site

Water For All: The Water Policy of the Asian Development Bank

Murray-Darling Basin Commission (Australia)

SPLASH

Water Policy in Japan

 

Europe

Danish Water Resources Committee

World Wildlife Foundation – European Freshwater Programme

EUROPA - Research: World Water Day 2002

Environment-Water Task Force Final Report (European Commission)

International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine

 

Americas

Inter-American Water Resources Network

International Boundary and Water Commission (U.S. and Mexico)

International Joint Commission (U.S. and Canada)

The Middle Rio Grande Conservatory District

OAS – Water Resources Publications

 

United States

FedLaw – Clean Water Laws

Water Law and Government Agencies

Water Resources Information – AWRA (American Water Resources Association)

California Water Law and Policy

Oregon Water Resources Water Law

Schroeder Law Offices PC – Western Water Law

Northwest Water Law and Policy Project

Kansas Water Office

Center for Environmental Law & Policy (Washington state)

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Division of Waters

Applied Resource Economics and Policy Group – Water Law in North Carolina

 

International Legal Instruments

Directory of Community Legislation in Force - Water protection and management

WWF and the EU Water Framework Directive

Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses

Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

SADC Shared Watercourse System Protocol

 

Updated August 2004