IUCN Environmental Law Programme

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Water and the

IUCN Environmental Law Programme

Programme

Dr. Alejandro Iza Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre IUCN Environmental Law Centre

Paris, 7-9 March, 2005

Transboundary Groundwater in the Americas

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IUCN Vision

A j t ld

A just world

that values and

conserves nature

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IUCN Mission IUCN Mission

Influence, encourage and assist i ti th h t th ld t societies throughout the world to

conserve the integrity and diversity of conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of

natural resources is equitable and

ecologically sustainable

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What does this mean?

• Give policy advice and technical support to environmental Conventions

• Assess the new sites nominated for natural World HeritageAssess the new sites nominated for natural World Heritage

• Monitor the state of the world species in the IUCN Red List

• Provide technical assistance to prepare NBSAPS

• Work with the corporate sector on energy and biodiversity or mining and protected areas

• Work with partners in a global action plan for river basins

• Promote the wise management through guidelines for fire prevention and community management of forests

community management of forests

• Provide technical support to draft environmental laws and agreements

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How is it organised? g

• 1000 Members: Countries governmental 1000 Members: Countries, governmental organisations and NGOs

• Secretariat: 1000 staff members in Secretariat: 1000 staff members in offices around the world

• Commissions: sources of guidance on Commissions: sources of guidance on conservation knowledge, policy and technical advice

technical advice

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Commissions

• Species Survival Commission (SSC)

• World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)

• Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)

(CEC)

• Commission on Environmental Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)

C i i E t M t (CEM)

• Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)

• Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) ( )

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Programmes

• Species

• Protected Areas E

• Ecosystem management

• Forests Forests

• Marine

• Water and Wetlands

• Environmental Law

• Advisors: Business and Biodiversity, Gender y,

and Social Policy

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Environmental Law

• Environmental Law Centre

• Environmental Law Centre (ELC)

• Commission on

Environmental Law Environmental Law (CEL)

• Partner Centres

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Environmental Law

E i t l L C t

• Environmental Law Centre (ELC)

• Commission on Environmental Law

(CEL)

• Partner Centres

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Mission

To lay the strongest possible legal

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foundation at the

international regional international, regional and national levels for

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environmental

conservation in the

context of sustainable

development p

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CEL

L t l t t k f

• Largest voluntary network of environmental law experts from around the world

around the world

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• Over 900 members

• 1 Steering Committee

• Specialists Groups for

conceptual development

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ELC

• Established in 1970 in Bonn

• 5 lawyers, 6 information and library officers,

administrative staff

• Fellow- and Internship Programme g

• 2 libraries: legislation and literature

literature

• ECOLEX Management Unit

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Thematic areas

• Biodiversity: threatened

• Biodiversity: threatened species, AIS, ABS, forests, protected areas, and biosafety

p , y

• Energy and Climate Change

• Marine Marine

• Wetlands and Water

• Soils

• Human Rights and the Environment

Environment

• Indigenous Peoples

• Judiciary

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Water: how?

• Developing legal and policy tools to the sustainable

tools to the sustainable management of water resources

• Making information available

• Responding to our members p g requests in a timely and

adequate manner

• Linking the macro with the micro level

• Linking policy and practice

• Establishing genuine

partnerships

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Water: achievements

• Organisation of a number of workshops, and training sessions

• Provision of technical Provision of technical legal assistance

• A Water Law Centre in SA

• A chair of IEL and Int W t L

Water Law

• Support to IUCN technical

d i l

and regional programmes

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WATER AND NATURE INITIATIVE WATER AND NATURE INITIATIVE

(WANI) Components

1. Demonstrating Innovation 2. Governance and Law

3 Participation and Empo erment 3. Participation and Empowerment 4. Economics and Finance

5. Information and Knowledge 5. Information and Knowledge 6. Learning and Communication

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The Goal The Goal

Mainstreaming the ecosystem g y approach to water resources management

or

healthy rivers that sustain healthy communities

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The Workspace The Workspace

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The Projects

1. Demonstrating Innovation 7 Demonstration sites

• Tacana (Mexico, Guatemala)

• El Imposible/Barra de Santiago (El Salvador)

• Komadugu Yobe (Nigeria)

• Pangani (Tanzania, Kenya)

• Lake Tanganyikag y

• Pungwe (Southern Africa)

• Huong (Vietnam) k

• Mekong

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Th P j t The Projects

1. Demonstrating Innovationg 2. Governance and Law

• Legal reviews

• Governance toolbox (RULE) 3. Participation and Empowerment

• Testing participatory approachesg p p y pp

• Participation toolbox (POWER)

• Environmental Flows (FLOW)

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The Projects

4 E i d Fi

4. Economics and Finance

• Economic Valuation (VALUE)

• Payment for Environmental ServicesPayment for Environmental Services (BENEFIT)

5. Information and Knowledge

• Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment

W t R Atl

• Water Resources eAtlas

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The First Results

> T l

> Tools

• FLOWFLOW - The essentials ofThe essentials of environmental flows

• CHANGE - Adaptation to climate change

• Water Resources eAtlas - baseline information on the

baseline information on the world’s river basins

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The First Results The First Results

> Projects

• Pangani

• Collaborative action

•Mekong

• Thai Baan fisheries assessmentf

• Attapeu nutrition assessment

• El Imposible/Barra de Santiago M l k h ld l f

• Multistakeholder platform set-up

• Tacaná

• Training on governance

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