Shared Use of Transboundary Water Resources in La Plata River Basin

Utopia or Reality

Bibliographic Data

ID3754883
AuthorsWagner Costa Ribeiro (0000-0002-3485-9521, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume20
Issue3
Pages257-270
Publication date2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asocex0005v2032017
OpenAlexW2775995536
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2017000300257
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited1

The shared use of transboundary water resources has the potential to be a utopia for the use of cross-border natural resources. However, this type of approach between countries is not common. In the La Plata River Basin, recent tensions between Brazil and Paraguay associated with the use of water resources for electricity generation highlight the challenges of international cooperation. This text discusses the proposed revision of the Itaipu agreement put forward by Paraguay in 2008. This revision resulted in an increase in the price of surplus electricity received by Paraguay from Itaipu Binacional. The tensions between the these countries were caused by the use of water, which in this case is abundant; unlike other situations in which conflict can often arise due to water scarcity. This case is also notable because it involves the use of water for electricity generation rather than human consumption

Business · Cartography · Drainage basin · Economics · Electricity · Geography · Market economy · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Political science · Scarcity · Social science · Sociology · Structural basin · Utopia · Water resource management · Water resources · Water scarcity · Water use · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · International Development and Aid · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Ecology · Geology

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