Transboundary Groundwater Resources

This manual highlights the governance of transboundary groundwater resources as a general framework for management and decision-making and includes basic elements of water diplomacy, aiming at facilitating the resolution of possible international disputes on shared groundwater resources, especially through the article on conflict resolution at the end of this manual. Illustrated by a number of case histories, it provides the readers with methods and practical examples of scientific, legal and diplomatic instruments in a multidisciplinary approach for managing effectively transboundary groundwater on the one hand, and assisting in the negotiations and resolution of conflicts on the other hand. Enabling to understand the specificity of transboundary groundwater and its governance, this manual should become a useful training tool for scientists, lawyers and diplomats working on transboundary groundwater governance and management, not only those who study and teach about these resources but also those who do now or who will in the future manage them and provide leadership in our communities at the local, national and international levels.