Hydro Diplomacy

Sharing Water Across Borders

Ganesh Pangare

The book is one of the first of its kind discussing  transboundary water resources management from the perspective of international relations and regional cooperation. Managing  transboundary waters is not just the domain of water managers but involves other considerations of foreign policy, diplomacy, trade and related issues.

The monograph brings together diverse perspectives from politicians, diplomats, academics, practioners, bureaucrats, scientists and civil society on the concept of Hydro-diplomacy. 

As very aptly put by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, “A new hydro-cartography and a new hydro-wisdom must back hydro-diplomacy to address river water issues and to face the larger water crisis that looms overhead and under our feet”

IUCN is hopeful that this publication would pave the way for further understanding and deliberations on the subject of Hydro-diplomacy.

Ganesh Pangare, Head, Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group, Asia and Head, Water Programme, Asia IUCN Asia Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand

Shiv Mukherjee , Ambassador, Ministry of External Affairs, India

Ganesh Pangare
Head, Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group, Asia
and Head, Water Programme, Asia IUCN Asia Regional Office,
Bangkok, Thailand

Bushra Nishat
Project Manager, 
Ecosystems for Life: A Bangladesh-India Initiative,
IUCN Bangladesh

Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Former Governor of West Bengal, India

Benedito Braga
President, World Water Council

Robert G. Varady
Deputy Director and Director of Environmental Policy Programs,
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA

Andrea K. Gerlak
Director, Academic Development with the International Studies Association,
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA

Emily D. McGovern
Research Analyst, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy,
University of Arizona, USA

Marko Keskinen
Water and Development Research Group, Aalto University, Finland

Antti Inkinen
Counsellor and Head of Regional Development Cooperation,
Embassy of Finland, Thailand

Ulla Hakanen
Unit for International Environmental Policy,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

Antti Rautavaara
Water Adviser, Unit for Sectoral Policy, 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

Markku Niinioja
Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

Torkil Jønch Clausen
Senior Adviser, DHI Group and the Global Water Partnership, 
and Chair, Scientific Programme Committee for 
the World Water Week in Stockholm

Hanne Bach
Director, National Centre for Environment and Energy of Aarhus University,
Denmark and Chief Editor, Mekong2Rio Report

C M Shafi Sami
Former Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh

Johan Gely
Senior Water Policy Advisor, Federal Department of 
Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Swiss Agency for Development 
and Cooperation (SDC) Corporate Domain Global Cooperation, 
Water Initiatives

Olivier Cogels
Former CEO, Mekong River Commission

Ramaswamy R. Iyer
Former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, 
Government of India

Loïc Fauchon
Governor of WWC and former President (during 2005-2012),
World Water Council

Maximiliano Campos Ortiz
Senior Water Specialist, Chief Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM), Department of Sustainable Development,
Executive Secretariat of Integral Development, 
Organization of American States

Ian Makin
Principal Water Resources Specialist, 
Regional and Sustainable Development Department, 
Asian Development Bank, Philippines

Ainun Nishat
Vice Chancellor, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Alejandro Iza
Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, 
Germany

Khaled J. Abu Zeid
Director, Technical Programs, Arab Water Council, 
Egypt

Léna Salamé
Coordinator, From Potential Conflict to Co-operation Potential Programme,
UNESCO, Paris

Herman Havekes
Member Boosterteam, Water Governance Centre, Netherlands