Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Event Date
6-9-2016
Series
Martz Summer Conference (8th: 2016: Boulder, Colo.)
Description
Presenter: Jason Robison, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wyoming
11 slides
Citation Information
Robison, Jason, "SLIDES: Indigenous Water Justice Symposium" (2016). Coping with Water Scarcity in River Basins Worldwide: Lessons Learned from Shared Experiences (Martz Summer Conference, June 9-10).
https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/coping-with-water-scarcity-in-river-basins-worldwide/15
Alternate Title
Synthesis of the Indigenous Water Justice Symposium
Included in
Comparative and Foreign Law Commons, Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, International Law Commons, Law and Society Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Social Policy Commons, Transnational Law Commons, Water Law Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
Comments
Water scarcity is increasingly dominating headlines throughout the world. In the southwestern USA, the looming water shortages on the Colorado River system and the unprecedented drought in California are garnering the greatest attention. Similar stories of scarcity and crisis can be found across the globe, suggesting an opportunity for sharing lessons and innovations. For example, the Colorado River and Australia's Murray-Darling Basin likely can share many lessons, as both systems were over-allocated, feature multiple jurisdictions, face similar climatic risks and drought stresses, and struggle to balance human demands with environmental needs. In this conference we cast our net broadly, exploring several salient topics including: trans-boundary cooperation, water marketing, Indigenous water rights, environmental and social water needs, and drought coping.
This public event will be informed by three invitation-only meetings held immediately before the conference: an “Indigenous Water Justice” symposium; a “Social Dimensions of Environmental Water Management” workshop; and a “Drought Crises in Federations” symposium.
Session 3: Indigenous Water Justice.