Exploring the concept of water tenure
The purpose of this paper is examine the notion of tenure in connection with water resources and to explore whether the concept of water tenure has the potential to make a useful contribution towards resolving the world’s water resources challenges. It seeks to provide answers to the following questions: (a) What is water tenure? (b) Does water tenure really exist or is water simply too different from other natural resources? (c) Could the concept of water tenure be useful in terms of the development of natural resources policies and practices? (d) Is there scope for further work on the possible development of guidelines on water tenure?
Author: Hodgson S
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-92-5-109117-3
Geographical coverage: Africa, Andean Community (CAN), Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Asia and the Pacific, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), Central American Integration System (SICA), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC), Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU), East African Community (EAC), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Europe and Central Asia, European Union (European Union), North America, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Land-locked developing country (LLDCs), Latin America and the Caribbean, Least developed countries (LDCs), Low income food deficit countries (LIFDCs), Near East and North Africa, Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), Small island developing States (SIDS), South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)
Type: Policy brief/paper
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5435e.pdf
Content language: English