Indigenous Processes of Consent: Repoliticizing Water Governance through Legal Pluralism

• Published in: Water
• Main Author: Deborah Curran
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: water governance; politics; law; decision-making processes; governmentalities; UNDRIP; free; prior and informed consent; FPIC; groundwater; environmental flows; environmental assessment; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Canada; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w11030571; https://doaj.org/article/15d7625ab4514ed2915d9459084c4a3f

While international instruments and a few state governments endorse the “free, prior and informed consent” of Indigenous peoples in decision-making about the water in their traditional territories, most state water governance regimes do not recognize Indigenous water rights and responsibilities. App...