Environmental Protection of International Watercourses Under International Law

This is a fascinating study of the principles of international watercourses law and the place of environmental protection within this area of law. It is highly interesting intellectually, extensively researched and presented with skill and care. It should serve as a very useful source of reference for those interested in international watercourses law in general and the interplay between environmental protection of international watercourses and their equitable utilisation in particular.Professor Surya P. Subedi, Director, Centre for International Governance, University of Leeds, UKFinally! A new book addressing one of the most important issues of current day: the effective management of the world's water resources, with a particular focus on the rules of international law. Providing an examination of the rules of both water and environmental law, as well as the theroretical and practice-based foundations for their evolution, this work will be useful to students of international law who wish to deepen their knowledge of the evolution and current status of water law.Professor Patricia Wouters, Director, Dundee UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and ScienceThe book explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilise shared freshwater resources. This book explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilise shared freshwater resources. The work examines the means and processes by which environmental considerations can act upon the operation of the principle of equitable utilisation. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the subject, outlining the development, scope and operation in general and customary international law of key rules of environmental protection. Contents: General introduction; Problems, principles and terminology; The principle of equitable utilisation; The rule on prevention of significant harm; Equity and the utilisation of shared natural resources; Factors relating to the equitable utilisation of international watercourses; Environmental protection of international watercourses I: substantive rules of customary and general international law; Environmental protection of international watercourses II: procedural rules of customary and general international law; Conclusion: environmental protection as a factor in determining the equitable utilisation of international watercourses; Appendices: references; table of conventions; table of cases; Index.About the Author: Owen McIntyre lectures in Environmental Law, EU Law, International Law, and Comparative Law at University College, Cork, Ireland. He has published extensively in all areas of environmental law, in particular in relation to emerging principles of environmental law and environmental liability. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of Irish and International journals.