An Ecosystem Approach in International Environmental Law Relevant to Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems

Abstract A global water crisis with far-reaching and interconnected impacts threatens the world. Healthy ecosystems are degrading, access to a sustainable supply is increasingly inequitable within between States. The ecosystem approach has emerged as concept transform management prioritise equitable participation outcomes for vulnerable societies but its normative content international legal status remain unclear. This paper draws from environmental human rights law ask what elements of an in context relevant transboundary freshwater added value law? It then explores United Nations Economic Commission Europe ( UNECE ) instruments structurally distinct regime demonstrates how provides strongest clarification law. Finally, it stimulates mutual supportiveness different areas