Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Yang Liu -- Abbreviations / Yang Liu -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Yang Liu -- Chapter 2 Normative Coherence: Conceptualizing the Ecosystems of Shared Inland Waters / Yang Liu -- Chapter 3 Normative Coherence of Parallel Substantive Obligations in IWL and MEA s: A Legal Analytical Approach / Yang Liu -- Chapter 4 Implementation Coherence: Bridging Parallel Procedural Obligations in IWL and MEA s / Yang Liu -- Chapter 5 Implementation Coherence through Cooperation between RBO s and Treaty Bodies of the Ramsar and Biodiversity Conventions / Yang Liu -- Chapter 6 Operationalization: Ecosystem Protection and Preservation of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin / Yang Liu -- Chapter 7 Convergence: Cross-Fertilization of IWL and MEA s / Yang Liu.

This book anchors its arguments in Article 20 of the Watercourses Convention and explores consistencies and inconsistencies in parallel definitions, substantive and procedural obligations and institutional arrangements in IWL, and the Ramsar and Biodiversity Conventions with respect to the protection and preservation of ecosystems of shared inland waters. Dr. Yang Liu argues that the all-around informed and integrated application of IWL and MEAs is essential for the effective protection and preservation of shared inland water ecosystems. However, the degree of cross-fertilization of parallel provisions should be examined on a case-by-case basis in light of the legal analytical framework deployed in this study.

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