This seminar will bring together an interdisciplinary group of international water experts to discuss the experience gained by in the sustainable management of the Guarani Aquifer System in the light of the current developments on international law of transboundary aquifers. Speakers will include experts who have been collaborating with the United Nations International Law Commission in the work that has led to the adoption of the Draft Articles on the law of transboundary aquifers and experts whose work focuses on the Guarani Aquifer System.

The seminar is part of the Environmental Regulatory Research Group project “The Environmental Protection of the Guarani Aquifer: A Legal Perspective” and it contributes to the UNESCO-IHP ISARM (Internationally Shared Aquifers Resource Management) Programme. The seminar will constitute the official launch of the Surrey Centre on the Regulation of Transboundary Aquifers (SCERTA).