A Model Water Agreement between Israel and the PA
Different than the
The model presents an institutional structure with four critical bodies to implement the principles for joint management, where two central bodies lead the process: a "Bilateral Water Commission" and a "Water Mediation Board".
Principles of joint management include: economically efficient water management; socially and politically equitable (not necessarily equal) water management; ecologically sustainable water management; management that would be implemented in practice.
Contact information |
Mira Edelstein, Resource Development, Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)
(email: mira@foeme.org) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://foeme.org/uploads/12990739030~%5E$%5E~Model_Water_Agreement_Map.pdf |
File link local | PA-IS_Water_Agreement_Map.pdf (PDF, 693 Kb) |
Source of information | Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) |
Subject(s) | FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/news/2011/04/economic-benefits-access-healthy-lower-jordan-river-palestinian-economy |
Geographical coverage | Israel, Palestine, |
News date | 06/04/2011 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |