LEGAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE OPTIMAL EXPLOITATION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
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Abstract
This study addresses the legal principles for the optimal exploitation of groundwater resources in public international law. Given the importance of this important resource as one of the world's most important freshwater resources, and the increasing scarcity of freshwater on planet Earth, the potential for international conflicts over the ownership of these resources has become one of the greatest risks the world could face.
As a result, international initiatives have emerged aimed at establishing basic principles regulating the utilization and exploitation of international groundwater shared by states, beginning with the Helsinki and Belden Principles and culminating in the 2008 Aquifer Law Draft.
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