New Paper on Indigenous Customary Law and Water Resource Management

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Donna Craig and Elizabeth Gachenga have published “The Recognition of Indigenous Customary Law and Water Resource Management” in Water Law; also posted on SSRN. Article here: Indigenous Customary Law in Water Resource Management

Here is the abstract:

There is an inextricable link between indigenous rights, human rights and sustainable development. In this paper we consider the role of indigenous customary law in the sustainable management of water resources. We propose legal pluralism as the more effective context for recognition of indigenous customary law for sustainable water resource management as opposed to functional recognition or other minimalist forms of recognition.