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Basins in decentralized countries Murray-Darling River, Australia Ebro River, Spain Po River, Italy Lucia De Stefano. Water Observatory, Botín Foundation With inputs from: G. Monacelli, N. Hernández-Mora, J. Pittock, D. Garrick, F. Puma Preparing for the 2013 International Year. Water Cooperation: Making It Happen” Zaragoza, January 8 th , 2013

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Basins in decentralized states. Lucia de Stefano, Botín Foundation. Furthering water cooperation among nations and stakeholders. Making it happen! International Annual UN-Water Zaragoza Conference 2012/2013. Preparing for the 2013 International Year. Water Cooperation: Making it Happen! 8-10 January 2013

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Basins in decentralized countriesMurray-Darling River, Australia

Ebro River, SpainPo River, Italy

Lucia De Stefano. Water Observatory, Botín Foundation

With inputs from: G. Monacelli, N. Hernández-Mora, J. Pittock, D. Garrick, F. Puma

Preparing for the 2013 International Year. Water Cooperation: Making It Happen” Zaragoza, January 8th , 2013

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Federal rivers

• Federal rivers are basins within or shared by one of the world’s 28 federal countries, encompassing over 40% of the world’s population.

28 federal countries, encompassing over 40% of the world’s population (Garrick 2011)

Federal Rivers

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1 million km2

Five StatesRBMP approved in Dec 2012MDB Authority

Murray-Darling Basin

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Ebro Basin

85,000 km2

Nine Autonomous RegionsEbro River Basin Authority (CHE)Draft RBMP issued in May 2012

Ebro Basin

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74,000 km2

Eight regionsRBMP approved in Feb 2010Po Basin Authority

Po Basin