Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance

Water is absent in the ‘Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of Food Security’ (FAO, 2012). This paper explored whether and how the people-centred approaches and the human rights values that underpin this document can be better ap...

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Main Author: van Koppen, Barbara
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75730
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description Water is absent in the ‘Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of Food Security’ (FAO, 2012). This paper explored whether and how the people-centred approaches and the human rights values that underpin this document can be better applied in the water sector and how more recognition of the land-water interface can support this. This is elaborated for participatory approaches in which people, especially the rural and peri-urban poor, better oversee the many interdependencies of natural resources and their multiple uses than the compartmentalised public sector. Further, human rights values are discussed for the development of land-bound water infrastructure, tracing the upcoming debates about a core minimum water service level that includes small-scale productive uses. Lastly, entitlements to land and to naturally available water resources are compared. While the water sector should replicate the current strong recognition of customary land rights to customary and informal water entitlements, an important difference is discussed as well: states are water regulators in a public interest. In this capacity, they should also to protect water entitlements by the vulnerable in negotiations about large-scale land-based investments through procedural and water prioritization arrangements.
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spelling CGSpace757302024-03-22T10:24:39Z Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance van Koppen, Barbara water rights water governance water resources water allocation water law multiple use land tenure land rights human rights guidelines domestic water Water is absent in the ‘Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of Food Security’ (FAO, 2012). This paper explored whether and how the people-centred approaches and the human rights values that underpin this document can be better applied in the water sector and how more recognition of the land-water interface can support this. This is elaborated for participatory approaches in which people, especially the rural and peri-urban poor, better oversee the many interdependencies of natural resources and their multiple uses than the compartmentalised public sector. Further, human rights values are discussed for the development of land-bound water infrastructure, tracing the upcoming debates about a core minimum water service level that includes small-scale productive uses. Lastly, entitlements to land and to naturally available water resources are compared. While the water sector should replicate the current strong recognition of customary land rights to customary and informal water entitlements, an important difference is discussed as well: states are water regulators in a public interest. In this capacity, they should also to protect water entitlements by the vulnerable in negotiations about large-scale land-based investments through procedural and water prioritization arrangements. 2015 2016-06-15T03:33:17Z 2016-06-15T03:33:17Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75730 en Open Access van Koppen, Barbara. 2015. Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance. In Global Water Partnership (GWP); International Land Coalition (ILC); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP); Rome, Italy: International Land Coalition (ILC); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 8p.
spellingShingle water rights
water governance
water resources
water allocation
water law
multiple use
land tenure
land rights
human rights
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domestic water
van Koppen, Barbara
Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance
title Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance
title_full Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance
title_fullStr Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance
title_full_unstemmed Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance
title_short Towards voluntary guidelines for people-centred land-water tenure: the untapped synergies between rights-based land and water governance
title_sort towards voluntary guidelines for people centred land water tenure the untapped synergies between rights based land and water governance
topic water rights
water governance
water resources
water allocation
water law
multiple use
land tenure
land rights
human rights
guidelines
domestic water
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