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DESCRIPTION: \n\nThe BRACE CENTRE FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT and INTEGR
 ATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT invite you to attend a special seminar by 
 Dr. David Brooks\, Research Fellow - Water Conservation and Soft Path Plan
 ning\, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance\, University of Victoria and
  Associate\, Water Program\, International Institute for Sustainable Devel
 opment\, Winnipeg\, MB.\n\nTransboundary water agreements are usually conc
 eived as allocation agreements. In other words\, water is treated as if it
  were a pie to be divided among the riparian states. This approach works f
 or land\, which is stable\, but not for water\, which not only moves along
 \, across and under political boundaries but can be used over and over fro
 m the time it originates as precipitation. This paper describes a proposed
  joint management structure for the existing State of Israel and the futur
 e State of Palestine that allows for ongoing resolution of issues concerni
 ng fresh water\, and does so in a way that effectively de-nationalizes and
  de-securitizes water uses. That is\, water is shared by rules that are de
 signed to protect the ecosystem for everyone’s benefit\, and then deliver 
 water to different parties in ways that allow for development while protec
 ting ecosystems. Though looking toward a Final Status Agreement between Is
 rael and Palestine\, the draft proposal is designed in a way that allows i
 t to be adopted and implemented in the near term\, prior to that agreement
 .\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER Dr David B. Brooks was educated in geology and econ
 omics\, and spent much of his professional career with Canada’s Internatio
 nal Development Research Centre.  He was born in the United States in 1934
 \, immigrated to Canada in 1970\, and became a Canadian citizen in 1975.  
 After retiring in 2005\, he continued with research and with advising seve
 ral Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations on water and energy issues. Hi
 s main research interests are split between water soft paths (an approach 
 to sustainable governance of fresh water) and water demand management in t
 he Middle East\, with particular emphasis on Israel and Palestine.  Among 
 his books are Zero Energy Growth for Canada (McClelland & Stewart\, 1981)\
 ; Watershed: The Role of Fresh Water in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (
 IDRC Books\, 1994 - co-author)\; and Making the Most of the Water We Have:
  The Soft Path Approach to Water Management (Earthscan\, 2009\, co-editor)
 .  In 2012 Dr Brooks received an honorary doctorate of environmental studi
 es from the University of Waterloo.\n	 \n\nEVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND\n
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LOCATION:CC1-163\, Centennial Centre\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 
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SUMMARY:Changing the Nature of International Water Agreements in Areas of C
 onflict: The Israeli-Palestinian Case
URL:/macdonald/channels/event/changing-nature-internat
 ional-water-agreements-areas-conflict-israeli-palestinian-case-262920
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