News from the South African water sector

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UPFRONT Groundwater Not Above the Law FAO and UNESCO have jointly launched a publication entitled Groundwater in International Law: Compilation of Treaties and Other Legal Instruments. To date, international law has paid much less attention to ground-than to surface water. Slowly, however, a body of rules dealing with this vital resource is emerging that indicates a trend towards more comprehensive international regulation. The publication brings together binding and non-binding international law instruments that, in varying degrees and from different angles, deal with groundwater. It aims to report developments in international law and to contribute to detecting law in-themaking in this important field. * To access a free online copy, visit www. unesco.org/water/ihp/publications/ groundwater_law.shtml Published by the American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Research Letters publishes short, concise research letters that present scientific advances that are likely to have immediate influence on the research of other investigators.

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