AcknowledgmentList of TablesAbbreviations1 Introduction 1 Problem-Setting 2 Coherence between IWLand MEAs: Anchoring within Article of the Watercourses Convention 3 Use of Terms 4 Research Methodology and Structure2 Normative Coherence: Conceptualizing the Ecosystems of Shared Inland Waters 1 Clarifying "Shared Inland Waters" under IWL 2 Defining "Ecosystems" of Shared Inland Waters 3 Interpreting Ecosystems of Shared Inland Waters in the Context of MEAs 4 Concluding Remarks3 Normative Coherence of Parallel Substantive Obligations in IWL and MEAs: a Legal Analytical Approach 1 Parallel Obligations for the Protection and Preservation of Ecosystems of Watercourses 2 Limitations on the Uses of Shared Inland Waters, Wetlands, and Biodiversity 3 Parallel Obligations for the Prevention of Transboundary Harm 4 Concluding Remarks: Cross-Fertilization of the Substantive Obligations4 Implementation Coherence: Bridging Parallel Procedural Obligations in IWLand MEAs 1 Duty to Cooperate for the Protection and Preservation of Shared Inland Waters Ecosystems 2 Promoting Synergies in Data and Information Exchange 3 Absence of Transboundary EIA 4 Prior Notification of Planned Measures 5 Consultation and Negotiation on Planned Measures 6 Compliance Mechanisms 7 Peaceful Settlement of Disputes 8 Cross-Fertilization of Parallel Procedural Obligations5 Implementation Coherence through Cooperation between RBOs and Treaty Bodies of the Ramsar and Biodiversity Conventions 1 RBOs and MEATreaty Bodies 2 Institutional Cooperation for the Protection and Preservation of Ecosystems of Shared Inland Waters 3 Public Involvement for the Protection and Preservation of the Ecosystems of Shared Inland Waters 4 Institutional Cooperation: Promoting Inter-state Cooperation on the Protection and Preservation of the Ecosystems of Shared Inland Waters6 Operationalization: Ecosystem Protection and Preservation of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin 1 Setting the Context: Practical and Legal Problems 2 Cross-Fertilization of Parallel Substantive Obligations in the Basin-Level Legal Regime and MEAs 3 Cross-Fertilization of Parallel Procedural Obligations in the Basin-Level Legal Regime and MEAs 4 Institutional Arrangement and Cooperation 5 Insufficient Legal Basis for Public Involvement 6 LMRB States' Compliance with Basin-Level and International Legal Regimes 7 Consultation or Negotiation for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes 8 Observations and Remarks7 Convergence: Cross-Fertilization of IWL and MEAs 1 Supplementary Roles of MEAs: Strengths and Weakness 2 China's Practice as a Good ExampleBibliographyIndex.