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Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence; Leb, Christina --- "Benefit sharing in international water law: a multi-disciplinary undertaking" [2018] ELECD 1250; in Tignino, Mara; Bréthaut, Christian (eds), "Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 391

Book Title: Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations

Editor(s): Tignino, Mara; Bréthaut, Christian

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785360640

Section: Chapter 16

Section Title: Benefit sharing in international water law: a multi-disciplinary undertaking

Author(s): Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence; Leb, Christina

Number of pages: 22

Abstract/Description:

In addition to access to water for drinking and direct human consumption, water generates a multitude of other benefits; it grows food, produces electricity, and provides transport routes and habitat, among others. This chapter explores the concept of benefit sharing applied by countries to transboundary water management to increase the benefits they can derive from shared water resources and its relationship to the principle of equitable and reasonable utilization, one of the corner-stone principles of international water law. Based on case studies and international practice, the chapter describes legal mechanisms and rules riparian States can use to increase and share benefits that can be derived from cross-border rivers, lakes and aquifers.