Abstract The 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty remains the single most important bilateral agreement on water resources between the two countries. The “Treaty” has not only been durable but has proven to be applicable to environmental challenges not foreseen by its drafters, a function of both its context, treaty design, and recent diplomacy. Its recent extension and further application to binational watershed ecology is affected by its intersection with other binational agreements affecting wildlife and ecological resources and sanitation. This paper examines the application of the 1944 Treaty to the environmental functions of U.S.-Mexico rivers and its relationship with other shared environmental agreements for their potential to strengthen binational environmental management of these transboundary watercourses.

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1944 年的水条约和将环境价值纳入美国-墨西哥跨界水治理

摘要 1944 年美国-墨西哥水资源条约仍然是两国之间关于水资源的最重要的双边协议。“条约”不仅具有持久性，而且已被证明适用于其起草者未预见到的环境挑战，这是其背景、条约设计和最近外交的作用。它最近对两国流域生态的扩展和进一步应用受到其与影响野生动物和生态资源和卫生的其他两国协议的交叉影响。本文研究了 1944 年条约在美国-墨西哥河流的环境功能中的应用，及其与其他共享环境协议的关系，以了解它们在加强这些跨界水道的两国环境管理方面的潜力。