5.9C Integrated drainage basin management

• Water sharing treaties and frameworks

  • UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - the convention promotes joint management and conservation of all shared freshwater ecosystems
  • UN Water Courses Convention - offers guidelines for protection and use of transboundary rivers like the Nile
  • Helsinki (1966) and Berlin (2004) Rules - ensure that all have an 'equitable use' and 'equitable shares' concept
•  aims to treat a river basin holistically to ensure 3 things:

  • Water is used to maximum efficiency
  • Equitable distribution
  • Conserve the environmental quality of rivers and its catchments