Agreement between China and the Russian Federation on Reasonable Utilization and Protection of Transboundary Waters 438 , 525 , 551
Agreement between Kazakhstan and China on Cooperation in the Use and Protection of Transboundary Rivers 25 , 95 , 190 , 321 , 438 , 525 , 533 , 551
Agreement for the Protection and Sustainable Development of Lake Ohrid and its Watershed 37 , 62 –64 , 96 , 101 , 132 , 181 , 232 , 244 , 318 , 324 , 326 , 328 –330 , 332 , 333 , 364 , 390 , 398 , 400 , 405 , 408 , 535
Agreement on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Waters of the Spanish-Portuguese Hydrographic Basins 23 , 27 , 35 , 39 , 62 , 95 , 102 , 132 , 137 , 146 , 160 , 228 , 229 , 241 , 242 , 244
Agreement on the Establishment of the Cuvelai Watercourse Commission 27 , 33 , 118 , 132 , 228 , 230 , 255 , 256 , 258 , 260 , 306 , 320 , 321 , 323 , 325 , 327 –330 , 332 , 396 , 397 , 403
Agreement on the Establishment of the Limpopo Watercourse Commission 33
Agreement on the Establishment of the Orange-Senqu Commission 98 , 138 , 230 , 240 , 256 , 258 , 260 , 306 , 318 , 320 , 321 , 329 –331 , 395 , 405 , 545
Agreement on the Establishment of the Zambezi Watercourse Commission 27 , 36 , 95 , 102 , 131 , 144 , 148 , 223 , 230 , 232 , 240 , 256 , 258 , 263 , 268 , 270 , 271 , 305 , 320 , 321 , 323 , 325 , 327 –330 , 332 , 333 , 396 , 403 , 475
Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework 22 , 36 , 96 , 118 , 137 , 150 , 228 , 230 , 240 , 241 , 243 , 256 , 292 , 305 , 318 , 320 , 322 , 324 , 325 , 327 –330 , 391 , 393 , 405 , 545
Chashma and Taunsa Barrages 67
Convention on Cooperation for Protection and Sustainable Use of the Danube River 21 , 34 , 98 , 132 , 134 , 137 , 157 , 188 , 190 , 226 , 229 , 241 , 270 , 271 , 290 , 291 , 302 , 317 , 319 , 326 , 330 , 331 , 365 , 382 , 384 , 385 , 536 , 568
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 338 , 349 –352 , 356 , 359 , 380 , 417
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 338 –341 , 345 , 347 , 349 –354 , 356 , 359 , 363 , 369 , 380 , 413 , 417 , 419 , 503 , 572 , 582 , 586 –588 , 590 , 603
Convention on the International Commission for the Protection of the Oder 35 , 39 , 317 , 323 , 324 , 326 , 328 , 329 , 331 , 333 , 364
Convention on the Protection of the Rhine 22 , 34 , 39 , 41 , 190 , 191 , 291 , 318 , 319 , 322 , 326 , 327 , 331 , 386 , 387 , 536
Convention on the Status of the Volta River and the Establishment of Volta Basin Authority 21 , 95 , 102 , 185 , 257 , 318 , 320 , 365
Convention on the Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika 23 , 35 , 36 , 41 , 96 , 98 , 101 , 134 , 138 , 144 , 148 , 150 , 224 , 228 , 229 , 231 , 242 –244 , 255 –257 , 261 , 271 –275 , 290 , 291 , 302 , 318 –321 , 325 , 327 , 329 , 332 , 333 , 399 , 401 , 405 , 408
Coordinator of Amazon Indigenous Organizations 84
duty to cooperate
exchange of data and information under IWL 9 , 105 , 136 , 147 , 165 , 177 , 190 , 192 , 219 –221 , 223 , 227 , 230 –232 , 235 –237 , 278 , 306 , 308 , 309 , 315 , 316 , 324 , 325 , 328 , 350 , 361 , 371 , 375 , 384 , 389 , 397 , 398 , 410 , 419 , 420 , 458 , 468 , 505 , 542 , 552
information sharing under the biodiversity convention 236
prior notification under the biodiversity convention 267
protection and preservation of shared inland waters 180
Ecosystems of shared inland waters
aquatic ecosystems 10 , 28 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 38 , 43 , 45 , 61 , 62 , 64 , 103 , 110 , 113 –115 , 119 , 131 , 150 , 173 , 175 , 217 , 228 , 371 , 475 , 512 , 549
banks and beds 23
forests 1 , 21 , 32 , 36 , 43 , 77 , 88 , 93 , 96 , 130 , 371 , 376 , 379 , 423 , 425 , 426 , 428 , 437 , 439 , 445 , 458 , 510 , 511
groundwater 22 , 33 –36 , 39 –41 , 46 , 61 , 76 , 78 , 88 , 90 , 93 , 117 , 133 , 134 , 150 , 153 , 182 , 196 , 210 , 242 , 281 , 318 , 373 , 437 , 438
species 32 , 33 , 35 –37 , 43 , 48 , 61 , 62 , 66 , 67 , 69 , 71 , 74 , 77 , 79 , 82 , 84 , 87 , 89 , 91 , 94 , 128 , 131 , 152 , 153 , 163 , 168 –172 , 193 , 195 , 206 , 215 –218 , 228 , 235 , 243 , 250 , 274 , 297 , 308 , 317 , 338 , 339 , 344 , 353 , 354 , 358 , 363 , 374 , 377 , 415 , 423 , 425 , 441 , 446 , 459 , 460 , 477 , 502 , 505 , 518 , 519 , 532
terrestrial ecosystems 1 , 10 , 20 , 22 , 28 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 44 , 61 , 62 , 113 , 114 , 188 , 374 , 439 , 475 , 533 , 539 , 549
land 1 , 4 , 10 , 19 , 22 –24 , 28 , 30 –32 , 34 –37 , 42 , 44 , 45 , 66 , 69 , 73 , 74 , 78 , 80 , 85 –87 , 89 , 94 , 96 , 101 , 104 , 122 –124 , 130 , 132 –134 , 138 , 152 , 153 , 163 , 170 , 171 , 181 , 182 , 193 , 196 , 198 , 214 , 234 , 235 , 238 , 243 , 254 , 257 , 258 , 275 , 300 , 318 , 342 , 352 , 370 , 374 , 376 , 410 , 425 , 426 , 437 –439 , 441 , 442 , 454 , 457 , 464 , 523 , 532
Environmental Impact Assessment 3 , 69 , 124 , 144 , 154 , 161 , 163 , 165 , 178 , 239 –253 , 259 , 260 , 271 , 296 , 309 , 399 , 401 , 414 , 416 , 421 , 454 , 468 –471 , 476 , 508 , 510 , 511 , 522 , 523 , 528 , 535 , 543
Geographical scope of ecosystem protection and preservation
Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas 84
Inland water ecosystems 1 , 3 , 6 –9 , 44 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 64 , 81 , 84 , 88 –93 , 127 , 135 , 171 , 175 , 217 , 218 , 220 , 228 , 238 , 250 , 258 , 357 , 418 , 419 , 540
Inland waters 1 –4 , 6 , 8 , 10 , 11 , 20 , 22 , 25 , 32 , 39 , 41 , 45 , 86 , 90 , 94 , 95 , 102 , 128 , 129 , 138 , 144 , 157 , 174 –176 , 178 , 181 , 200 , 217 , 238 , 274 , 307 , 308 , 313 , 358 , 362 , 419 , 548 , 549
institutional arrangements 2 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 74 , 198 , 199 , 314 , 315 , 402 , 417 , 423 , 431 , 443 , 451 , 465 , 477 , 528 , 550
Institutional arrangements
International Agreement on the River Scheldt 35
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River 290 , 291 , 302 , 317 , 321 , 330 , 333 , 365 , 372 , 381 –385 , 420 , 590
International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine 191 , 291 , 318 , 319 , 322 , 323 , 326 , 327 , 331 , 332 , 386 –389 , 536 , 590 , 591
International Court of Justice 57 , 59 , 98 , 100 , 101 , 106 , 110 , 112 , 119 , 140 , 141 , 143 , 147 –149 , 155 , 165 , 186 , 190 , 194 , 241 , 248 , 251 –253 , 256 , 264 , 271 , 275 , 276 , 295 , 296 , 299 , 301 , 304 , 306 , 310 , 311 , 474 , 479 , 535 , 542 –544 , 548 , 600 , 601
International Union for Conservation of Nature 41 , 43 , 80 –83 , 131 , 151 , 166 , 191 , 211 , 216 , 238 , 301 , 318 , 334 , 349 , 354 –356 , 361 , 373 , 379 , 382 , 386 , 388 , 391 , 395 , 411 , 415 , 417 , 418 , 441 , 445 , 502 , 503 , 518 , 521 –523 , 557 , 560 , 561 , 568 , 570 , 572 –574 , 582 , 589 , 604
International watercourse 1 , 3 , 4 , 11 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 –26 , 28 –30 , 33 , 36 –38 , 42 , 48 –56 , 58 , 60 , 71 , 84 , 87 , 95 , 97 , 99 , 101 , 103 –105 , 107 , 109 –112 , 115 , 118 , 126 , 129 , 130 , 132 –134 , 142 , 143 , 146 , 151 , 156 , 157 , 172 , 175 , 180 –185 , 187 –190 , 194 , 195 , 200 , 215 , 217 , 219 –221 , 224 , 226 , 243 , 255 , 259 , 268 , 269 , 271 , 277 , 300 , 308 , 310 , 313 , 315 , 316 , 319 , 323 , 346 , 367 , 380 , 406 , 422 , 427 , 521 , 531 , 544 , 548
Judicial cases
Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) 101 , 106 , 143 , 147 , 186 , 190 , 251 , 252 , 257 , 535 , 544 , 600
Case Relating to the Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Commission of the River Oder 544 , 600
Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v. Slovakia) 600
Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India) 23 , 54 , 108 , 111 , 112 , 120 , 140 , 219 , 252 , 300 , 600
Trail smelter case (United States v. Canada) 601
Niger Basin Water Charter 22 , 37 , 62 , 64 , 97 , 110 , 114 , 115 , 119 , 138 , 144 , 240 , 256 , 257 , 260 –263 , 271 , 273 , 305 , 399 , 404
Nuozhadu hydropower station 512
obligation to conserve biodiversity 35 , 67 , 79 , 80 , 128 , 174 , 175 , 213
protected areas 47 , 54 , 56 , 77 , 79 –88 , 91 , 113 , 169 , 171 , 175 , 213 , 216 , 238 , 249 , 297 , 308 , 313 , 322 , 344 , 353 , 355 , 365 , 370 , 371 , 373 , 375 , 377 –380 , 416 –418 , 420 , 426 , 441 , 444 , 459 , 462 , 463 , 521 , 540 , 542 , 552
identification and designation 80
obligation to conserve wetlands 47 , 64 , 65 , 69 , 174 , 175 , 533 , 539
integration of wetlands into river basin management 72
Ramsar Sites 39 , 42 , 43 , 47 , 56 , 64 , 66 –68 , 70 , 77 , 91 , 125 , 153 –156 , 158 –162 , 164 , 175 , 177 , 200 –203 , 205 , 210 , 234 , 235 , 245 , 246 , 264 –266 , 276 , 293 –295 , 308 , 313 , 339 , 342 , 343 , 345 , 358 , 366 , 367 , 369 , 379 , 412 , 414 , 419 , 425 , 444 , 502 , 518 , 533 , 539 , 543 , 552 , 560 , 575 –578 , 580 –582
deletion or restriction 71
urgent national interests 70
obligation to maintain the ecological character of wetlands 151
compensation for wetland loss 163
mitigation of wetland loss 162
obligation to prevent the causing of significant transboundary harm 129
harm to ecosystems of shared inland waters 128 , 130 , 132 , 134 , 142 , 145 , 176
cumulative responsibility 145
international liability 144
thresholds 135
restoration 148
obligation to prevent transboundary adverse impacts on biodiversity 164
Planed measures
Prior notification 310
pollution 28 , 33 , 39 , 48 , 50 , 51 , 56 –58 , 62 , 85 , 90 , 103 , 109 , 117 , 130 , 131 , 133 , 138 , 142 , 144 , 149 , 161 , 226 , 227 , 229 , 230 , 281 , 315 , 323 , 326 , 327 , 364 , 374 , 388 , 424 , 439 , 440 , 453 , 457 , 458 , 505 , 527 , 528
Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation, and Agreement 436 , 437 , 448 , 449 , 471 –480 , 484 , 509 , 513 , 515 , 516 , 526 , 534 , 535 , 593 , 594
Programme of Work on Protected Area 81 , 86 , 91 , 171 , 216 , 297 , 308 , 348 , 353 , 355 , 380 , 417 –419 , 519 , 542 , 589
Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community 33 , 38 , 96 , 107 , 110 , 113 , 116 , 131 , 137 , 180 , 224 , 228 , 275 , 306 , 381 , 394 –396 , 402
Rivers and Lakes
Danube River 21 , 34 , 41 , 43 , 67 , 98 , 132 , 134 , 137 , 157 , 188 , 190 , 200 , 201 , 203 , 226 , 229 , 241 , 270 , 271 , 290 , 291 , 302 , 317 , 319 , 326 , 330 , 331 , 333 , 346 , 365 , 381 –385 , 536 , 559 , 590
Incomati and Maputo Watercourses 27 , 36 , 38 , 62 , 63 , 95 , 102 , 114 –116 , 119 , 131 , 134 , 137 , 191 , 222 , 223 , 228 , 230 , 232 , 242 , 243 , 255 , 257 , 270 , 272 , 275 , 306 , 574
Lake Chad 23 , 70 , 103 , 108 , 110 , 112 , 115 –117 , 119 , 132 –134 , 144 , 150 , 160 , 181 , 185 , 188 , 229 –232 , 242 , 255 , 256 , 260 –263 , 268 , 273 –275 , 290 , 291 , 325 , 327 , 328 , 342 , 365 , 366 , 397 , 404 , 405 , 408 , 566 , 603
Lake Ohrid 37 , 62 –64 , 96 , 101 , 132 , 181 , 232 , 241 , 244 , 290 , 318 , 324 , 326 , 328 –330 , 332 , 333 , 364 , 390 , 398 –400 , 405 , 408 , 535
Lake Tanganyika 23 , 35 , 36 , 41 , 96 , 98 , 101 , 134 , 138 , 144 , 148 , 150 , 224 , 228 , 229 , 231 , 242 –244 , 255 –257 , 261 , 271 –275 , 290 , 291 , 302 , 318 –321 , 325 , 327 , 329 , 332 , 333 , 399 , 401 , 405 , 408
Lake Victoria 36 , 41 , 62 , 96 , 97 , 102 , 112 , 114 , 131 , 144 , 150 , 157 , 191 , 224 , 228 , 240 , 241 , 243 , 244 , 255 , 257 , 270 , 271 , 291 , 306 , 318 , 321 , 325 –328 , 368 , 381 , 390 –393 , 400 , 403 , 544 , 573 , 591
Niger Basin 22 , 37 , 62 , 64 , 97 , 107 , 110 , 114 , 115 , 119 , 138 , 144 , 240 , 256 , 257 , 260 –263 , 271 , 273 , 305 , 365 , 366 , 369 , 399 , 404 , 420
Nile River 22 , 36 , 96 , 103 , 137 , 150 , 191 , 256 , 292 , 305 , 317 , 320 , 322 , 324 , 325 , 327 –331 , 368 , 381 , 390 , 391 , 393 , 545
Oder River 39
Prespa Park 37 , 60 , 63 , 70 , 96 , 98 , 101 , 132 , 138 , 144 , 150 , 156 , 190 , 191 , 204 , 228 –230 , 232 , 241 , 244 , 290 , 320 , 322 –330 , 332 , 333 , 364 , 369 , 370 , 390 , 398 –401 , 408 , 535
River Uruguay 22 , 34 , 57 , 59 , 70 , 100 , 106 , 111 , 112 , 133 , 134 , 189 , 190 , 251 , 257 , 260 , 300 , 305 , 474 , 479 , 535 , 544
Yaluzangbu-Brahmaputra River 67
Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention 44 , 72 , 75 , 153 , 154 , 161 , 247 , 265 , 335 , 336 , 345 –347 , 357 , 358 , 360 , 363 , 365 , 412 , 502 , 578 , 579 , 581 , 582
Shared inland waters 1 –4 , 6 –8 , 10 , 11 , 19 –27 , 32 , 33 , 39 –41 , 43 –45 , 62 , 69 , 70 , 72 , 79 , 84 , 85 , 87 , 95 –97 , 101 , 112 , 114 –116 , 120 , 128 , 131 , 132 , 138 , 143 , 147 , 149 , 150 , 152 , 157 , 174 –179 , 181 –183 , 185 , 190 , 200 , 215 , 216 , 219 , 220 , 233 , 234 , 258 , 266 , 273 , 275 , 277 , 306 –308 , 310 , 313 , 315 , 317 , 323 , 326 , 337 , 354 , 356 , 363 , 364 , 381 , 397 , 400 , 419 , 530 , 539 , 548 , 549
Shared water resources 3 , 7 , 34 , 42 , 96 , 97 , 103 , 147 , 176 , 180 , 181 , 188 , 269 , 300 , 423 , 447 , 449 , 528 , 549
Sixth Committee (Legal) of the UNGA 31 , 48 , 57 –60 , 98 , 99 , 103 , 106 , 130 , 136 , 145 –147 , 149 , 189 , 190 , 223 , 226 , 240 , 315 , 427 , 531 –533 , 598 , 600
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Biodiversity Convention 44 , 45 , 83 , 87 , 88 , 91 , 93 , 165 , 336 , 337 , 349 , 357 , 360 , 361 , 363 , 418 , 588
Sustainable Development 7 , 63 , 80 , 82 , 87 –89 , 96 –101 , 103 , 105 –107 , 121 , 122 , 187 , 204 , 219 , 241 , 290 , 304 , 315 –318 , 324 , 326 , 327 , 348 , 350 , 357 , 366 , 369 , 371 –373 , 376 , 377 , 385 , 390 , 399 , 412 , 422 , 430 , 433 , 442 , 447 , 457 , 462 , 473 , 485 , 487 –489 , 498 , 504 , 537 , 540 , 545 , 549 , 551 , 555 , 557 , 560 , 562 , 563 , 568 , 572 , 573 , 583 , 584 , 587 , 592 , 600 , 603
Transboundary water 1 , 3 , 4 , 11 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 24 , 26 , 32 , 38 , 61 , 82 , 84 , 92 , 95 , 102 , 130 , 132 , 133 , 135 , 136 , 160 , 179 , 188 , 189 , 207 , 217 , 226 , 227 , 280 , 281 , 283 , 284 , 304 , 308 , 314 , 339 , 352 , 370 , 381 , 398 , 399 , 401 , 408 , 423 , 429 , 430 , 434 , 438 , 459 , 461 , 489 , 491 , 507 , 525 , 528 , 529 , 532 , 533 , 537 , 538 , 550 , 551
United Nations 21 , 29 , 38 , 48 , 86 , 97 , 98 , 147 , 182 –184 , 186 , 187 , 218 , 219 , 259 , 298 , 302 , 313 , 315 , 317 , 334 , 340 , 350 , 407 , 417 , 431 , 485 , 487 , 494 , 498 , 525 , 557 –560 , 562 , 565 , 596 , 600
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 27 , 48 , 49 , 52 , 58 , 60 , 81 , 147 , 182 , 186 , 214 , 305 , 417
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 21 , 81 , 191 , 279 , 281 , 313 , 334 , 339 , 340 , 342 , 343 , 345 , 346 , 350 , 361 , 417 , 559 , 560 , 581 , 582
United Nations Environment Programme 79 , 82 , 83 , 89 , 93 –95 , 165 –167 , 216 , 217 , 219 , 278 , 298 , 339 , 340 , 344 , 345 , 348 , 354 –356 , 358 , 360 –363 , 367 , 371 , 372 , 374 , 377 , 380 , 385 , 405 , 406 , 417 , 418 , 424 , 457 , 535 , 582 –588 , 602 , 603
Water Charter for the Lake Chad Basin 23 , 37 , 96 , 103 , 114 , 115 , 117 , 132 , 134 , 137 , 305 , 319 , 322 , 325 , 328 , 574
Water Convention 1 , 8 , 11 , 19 –22 , 26 –28 , 31 , 32 , 38 , 61 , 73 , 75 , 95 , 97 , 98 , 102 , 130 –136 , 142 –145 , 149 , 156 , 187 , 188 , 190 , 199 , 217 , 222 , 224 , 226 , 227 , 229 , 239 , 271 , 273 , 278 –284 , 299 , 300 , 302 , 304 , 305 , 309 , 311 , 314 –316 , 339 , 340 , 362 , 381 , 382 , 397 –401 , 405 , 407 , 408 , 420 , 422 , 449 , 490 , 494 , 525 , 550 , 555 , 563 , 565 , 567 , 592 , 595