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Biblioteca Legal pluralism and customary water resources management in Guatemala

Legal pluralism and customary water resources management in Guatemala

Legal pluralism and customary water resources management in Guatemala

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Date of publication
Diciembre 2012
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AGRIS:US201400169346
Pages
683-699

The existing legal framework for water resources management in Guatemala is obsolete, inconsistent and not enforced. To bridge the gap, many indigenous and non-indigenous communities throughout the country successfully regulate water use through oral or written bylaws. This paper classifies the rules and practices adopted by local communities in order to define their scope and anticipate options to recognize customary water rights in future statutory legislation, as well as under the current legal regime, consistently with the public interest.

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D'Andrea, Ariella

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