What is it about?
I evaluate how water law in Canada permits provincial governments to adapt water use entitlements, like licences. Overall, adaptation is not transparent nor explicit, however several different ways of changing use entitlements are permitted.
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Why is it important?
In this era of a rapidly changing climate where more extreme flood and drought events are increasing, law will need to permit the adaptation of water entitlements to match hydrological realities.
Perspectives
This paper is the only cross-Canada evaluation of water law, and one of just a few on the ability of water law and management to adapt to changing ecological conditions.
Deborah Curran
University of Victoria
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This page is a summary of: The adaptation potential of water law in Canada: changing existing water use entitlements, Water International, March 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2019.1570053.
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Resources
Leaks in the System: Environmental Flows, Aboriginal Rights, and the Modernization Imperative for Water Law in British Columbia
Evaluation of BC water law.
Adaptive Management in Water Law: Evaluating Australian (New South Wales) and Canadian (British Columbia) Law Reform Initiatives
Comparing adaptation potential in New South Wales, Australia and British Columbia, Canada
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