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Book Title: International Law and Freshwater

Editor(s): Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence; Leb, Christina; Tignino, Mara

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781005088

Section Title: Acknowledgements

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

Acknowledgements
In writing this book, the editors have benefitted from the support of many
institutions and people. The volume is an outcome of activities carried out
by the Platform of International Water Law of the University of Geneva.
The initial impetus for the book came from two research projects on
"Governing Water: The Contribution of International Law to Cooperation
on Transboundary Freshwater Resources" and "Water Management and
Protection: International Law Responses to the Challenges of Resource
Scarcity," funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the
Fondation Boninchi, respectively. The two projects highlighted the impor-
tance of placing the analysis of international water law into a multidisci-
plinary context and led to the organization of an international conference
on "Freshwater and International Law: The Multiple Challenges." The
conference, which took place from 7­9 July 2011 in Geneva, brought
together leading academics and practitioners from Africa, Europe, India,
the United States and South America.
The editors are grateful to the Agency for Development and
Cooperation (SDC), Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, the
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the Swiss National
Science Foundation, the Société Académique de Genève, the Stiftung
zur Förderung der Rechtlichen und Wirtschaftlichen Forschung an der
Universität Basel, the Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) and the
University of Geneva for their generous grants and in-kind support that
made the organization of the conference possible. Thanks are also due
to the over 140 participants of the conference for sharing their ...