A Study on Establishing South-North Environmental Cooperation in the Water Sector : Lessons from the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the importance of environmental cooperation in the water sector for the effective administration of a shared river management. Under the special relations between the two Koreas, environmental issues have had relatively less importance than political and military issues. Despite several recurrent problems, particularly flood damage and water pollution issues concerning the shared rivers, the countermeasures have always been temporary and variable according to the status of the inter-Korean relationship. For these reasons, this paper will mainly focus on environmental cooperation for such shared rivers as the Imjin River and the Bukhan River by comparison with Europe’s experience managing shared rivers through the adoption of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in 2000 after a long tug-of-war negotiation process among the EU member states. In preparation for Korean reunification, this study will deal with the prospect of South-North environmental cooperation for shared river management and discuss ways toward reasonable utilization of the shared rivers based on lessons from the EU Water Framework Directive.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Summary
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. THE STATUS OF WATER RESOURCES IN SOUTH-NORTH KOREA
• 1. Water Resources Status
• 2. River Management Status
• 3. South-North Shared Rivers Status
• III. EU WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD)
• 1. Goals and Agenda
• 2. Implementation System
• 3. Implications for Korea’s Water Management
• IV. SOUTH-NORTH ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION FOR THE SHARED RIVERS
• 1. The Status of South-North Environmental Cooperation
• 2. Toward South-North Cooperation for Shared River Management
• V. CONCLUSION:WIDER POLICY IMPLICATIONS
• REFERENCES