Water tenure focuses on the use of freshwater resources from both groundwater and surface water bodies, like rivers and streams (FAO, 2016). The concept of water tenure encompasses the diverse rights, rules, customs, and practices (including formal, informal, legal, and illegal) that shape how individuals and groups access and
Getting to know water tenure | Knowing water better: towards …
Water tenure determines how people obtain rights to water resources, including the rights to access, impound, use and manage water, gain access to information on water resources and participate in decisions on water resources management.
FAO Discussion Paper 10: 'Exploring the Concept of Water Tenure'
This report proposes a typology of tenure arrangements that include those that are defined by formal law (‘traditional’ formal water rights, ‘modern’ formal water rights, regulatory licensing, agency control, water supply contracts, commonhold water tenure, investment contracts, de minimis uses, exempt commercial uses, and reserves ...
Water for whom? Realizing contemporary water allocation through age …
2021年10月6日 · But customary water tenure rights have yet to catch up. The “Whose water” report found that most communities face a broad range of procedural obstacles to realize their water use, governance, and exclusion rights.
Global Dialogue on Water Tenure - Sustainable Development
Mandated by FAO’s Committee of Agriculture and the FAO Council, FAO is committed to organizing a multistakeholder Global Dialogue on Water Tenure with Member states as well as partners from...
An Introduction to Water Tenure - Globalwaters.org
2023年3月1日 · Water tenure can be important to integrate in approaches such as integrated water resource management (IWRM), which is defined by the Global Water Partnership as, “a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an ...
The concept of water tenure can indeed be a useful tool to understand linkages with land tenure, fisheries and other natural resources, in a resource use-efficient way towards achieving food security.
Informal water tenure: A use of water that is not legally recognized, or which is illegal but tolerated by the water administration (sometimes for years). Investment contracts: A tenure relationship whereby rights to use water resources
An Introduction to Water Tenure - LandLinks
2023年4月5日 · This brief is designed to help USAID Missions, Operating Units, and implementing partners understand the concept of water tenure in the context of programs that seek to improve food and water security and address climate change.
- Water tenure informs and explains the power dynamics in the sector - All reforms result in winners and losers - Put another way sector reforms that do not take account of existing water tenure arrangements will fail…….