conflict prevention and cooperation in international water resources

[...]... 1: Water B1 Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources Course book Part 1 Water Table of Contents B 1.1 Introduction to IWRM B 1.2 Water allocation B 1.3 Water quality issues in international rivers B 1.4 Floods and droughts in international rivers WaterNet / CCR / ISRI / Catalic / UNESCO-IHE Delft / UZ for UNESCO Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International. ..Introduction Course content Conflict prevention and cooperation in international water resources – 5 day Course Part 1: Water B 1.1 Introduction to Integrated Water Resources Management Part 2: Issues B 2.1 Human rights and conflict management B 2.3 International water law regimes B 2.5 SADC and international waters B 2.8 Personal lessons by senior negotiators Part 3: Conflict B 3.1 Understanding... against floods, droughts, famine and other hazards) b) Ecological integrity: Water resources can only persist in a natural environment capable of regenerating (fresh) water of sufficient quality Only sustainable water WaterNet / CCR / ISRI / Catalic / UNESCO-IHE Delft / UZ for UNESCO Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources 1-9 Introduction to Integrated Water Resources. .. scale, implying water conservation, nutrient and soil conservation, prevention of over-drainage and the recycling of nutrients and organic waste • The urban scale, both in towns and mega-cities, implying the recycling of water, nutrients and waste WaterNet / CCR / ISRI / Catalic / UNESCO-IHE Delft / UZ for UNESCO Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources 1 - 11 Introduction... resources are scarce It requires investment in (further) training to build up and maintain the resource 7 Strategic issues in water resources management Current thinking on the crucial strategic issues in water resources is heavily influenced by the so-called Dublin Principles, which were formulated during the International Conference on Water and the Environment in Dublin, 1992, as a preparation for... B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources 1 - 10 Introduction to Integrated Water Resources Management B 1.1 human resources In the process of development natural resources may be converted into other durable products and hence remain part of the overall resource base Water resources development that is not sustainable is ill-planned In many parts of the world, fresh water. .. decisions and arrangements can be made Due to the nature of water, integrated water resources management has to take account of the following four dimensions: 1 the water resources, taking the entire hydrological cycle in account, including stock and flows, as well as water quantity and water quality; distinguishing for instance white, green, grey and blue water 2 the water users, all sectoral interests and. .. ‘blue’ water, and the two partitioning points WaterNet / CCR / ISRI / Catalic / UNESCO-IHE Delft / UZ for UNESCO Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources 1-5 Introduction to Integrated Water Resources Management B 1.1 Water use There are a large number of types of water use Among these are: • Rainfed agriculture • Irrigation • Domestic use in urban centres and in rural... to rainfall and its use as "green water" in agriculture Green water cannot be allocated in the same way as "blue" water occurring in rivers and aquifers Yet, dryland agriculture and other types of land use do influence the partitioning of rainfall into groundwater recharge, surface runoff and soil moisture (i.e evaporation and transpiration), and hence their availability Demand - The demand for water. .. Management B 1.1 A rainbow of water The rainbow of water (Savenije, 1998) distinguishes three types of water depending on their occurrence in the water cycle (Figure 3) • ‘white’ water = rainfall and that part of rainfall which is intercepted and immediately evaporates back to the atmosphere • ‘blue’ water = water involved in the runoff (sub-)cycle, consisting of surface water and groundwater (below the . course on Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources Introduction The need for training in conflict mediation and negotiation in water in Southern Africa. Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources viii Part 1: Water B 1 Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International Water Resources . Conflict prevention and cooperation in international water resources WaterNet / CCR / ISRI / Catalic / UNESCO-IHE Delft / UZ for UNESCO Course B Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in International