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Co-operation in the Afghanistan–Pakistan river basins

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Title Co-operation in the Afghanistan–Pakistan river basins
 
Creator Lautze, Jonathan
Meelad, A.
Hayat, S.
 
Description In Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali; Lautze, Jonathan; Meelad, A. (Eds.). Afghanistan–Pakistan shared waters: state of the basins. Wallingford, UK: CABI
In transboundary waters, co-operative basin management is widely believed to offer benefits over and above those of separate and unilateral management by riparian countries. Nonetheless, co-operation on shared waters does not always exist. The Kabul, Kurram and Gomal basins, shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan, present examples of river basins that lack co-operation despite the benefits that could be accrued. This chapter takes stock of existing co-operation in the Kabul, Kurram and Gomal basins to suggest catalysts for co-operation. The chapter reviews the current status of water co-operation between the two countries and the adverse consequences due to the current status quo. Factors constraining co-operation are then presented, followed by the benefits that can be derived from co-operation and frameworks that can guide its development. Finally, practical incentives for scaling up co-operation, and specific small steps that can be taken, are presented. A particular value-addition of this chapter is a granular distillation of the key points on which co-operation should focus and the mechanisms and modalities that can enable that focus.
 
Date 2023-08-02
2023-08-31T22:07:02Z
2023-08-31T22:07:02Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Lautze, Jonathan; Meelad, A.; Hayat, S. 2023. Co-operation in the Afghanistan–Pakistan river basins. In Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali; Lautze, Jonathan; Meelad, A. (Eds.). Afghanistan–Pakistan shared waters: state of the basins. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.143-161. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800622371.0009]
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131716
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/epdf/10.1079/9781800622371.0009
https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800622371.0009
H052174
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format pp.143-161.