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RRI’s Tenure Tracking Data assesses global advances and setbacks regarding Indigenous Peoples’, Afro-descendant Peoples’, local communities’, and the women within these communities’ legally recognized rights to fresh water.

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Related Materials

REPORT | Whose Water? A Comparative Analysis of National Laws and Regulations Recognizing Indigenous Peoples’, Afro-descendants’, and Local Communities’ Water Tenure (2020)
BRIEF | Whose Water? Comparative Analysis (2020)

Water Tenure Methodology

Examine the extent to which national-level legal frameworks recognize the freshwater rights of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities in the Country through distinct “community-based water tenure regimes” (CWTRs).

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Community-Based Water Tenure Regimes in

RRI’s common unit of analysis is the Community-Based Water Tenure Regime (CWTR)—defined as “distinguishable set of national-level, government-issued laws and regulations governing situations in which freshwater rights of use and at least either governance or exclusion are held at the community level.”

Different regimes offer varying degrees of tenure security based on the unique bundle of rights afforded to communities and the women within these communities through each legal framework.

As of 2019, national law recognizes X CWTR[s] in :

View which rights are recognized under each CWTR below, including the presence of procedural and/or administrative requirements that may hinder communities’ ability to realize water tenure security. 

Read about our methodology and view a PDF of the cited legislation used for this data.

CWTR

Full CWTR Name

National Level

Human Rights to Water

Transboundary Due Process

Community Level

Customary Water Rights

Land-Water Nexus

Women's Rights To Community Waters

Use

Cultural/Religious Use