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CURRICULUM VITAE - RICHARD KYLE PAISLEY 

Office Address: 

Global Transboundary International Waters 

University of British Columbia 

Institute of Asian Research 

C.K. Choi Building 

#371 - 1855 West Mall Road 

Vancouver, British Columbia 

Canada V6T 1Z2 

Voice Mail: 604-822-9224 

E mail: 

paisley@law.ubc.ca 

Cell phone Number: 604-315-3308 

Home Address: 

2344 Ottawa Avenue 

West Vancouver, British Columbia 

Canada V7V 2S9 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

2007 to date 

Director, Global Transboundary International Waters Initiative and 

Senior Research Associate, Institute of Asian Research (IAR) (2007 to date) 



Canada V6T 1Z1 

Responsibilities and duties include: fundraising for, and directing large multidisciplinary 

applied research projects, teaching, publishing scholarly articles and 

supervising graduate students. 

Some representative activities include: 

 

 

Special Counsel, United Nations Regional Centre for Preventative Diplomacy 

for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in relation to Central Asia water, energy and 

governance issues, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2010) 

Trainer and Advisor, Lavalin SNC and the Nile Basin Water Resource 

Planning and Management Unit in relation to international water law, energy 

and governance issues, Mombassa, Kenya (2010) 

Terminal Evaluator, IW LEARN 2 Project (United Nations Global Environment 

Facility (GEF) International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network 2

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Project), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya 

(2009-2010) 

Special Counsel, United Nations Regional Centre for Preventative Diplomacy 

for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in relation to Central Asia water, energy and 

governance issues, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2009) 

Tutor, International Water and Energy Law, Rivers as Boundaries, 

International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU), University of Durham, 

Durham, England (2008) 

International Legal Advisor, the Nile Basin Water Resource Planning and 

Management (WRPM) Unit and the World Bank, including in relation to 

negotiation and implementation of a basin wide data and information sharing 

and exchange agreement and a decision support system (DSS) initiative, 

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and other Nile River Basin countries (2007 to 2010) 

Director, Global Transboundary International Waters Project, funded by the 

United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations 

Development Programme (UNDP), Vancouver, Canada (2007 ongoing) 

Director, Nile River Basin Workshop, in relation to international water and 

energy law, negotiation, environmental conflict resolution and governance 

issues, Legal Development Office of FAO (Food and Agricultural 

Organization) of the United Nations, Nairobi, Kenya (2007) 

International Legal Advisor, Cowater International and the Canadian 

International Development Agency (CIDA), Bangladesh Environmental 

Institutional Strengthening Project (BEISP) (2007 to 2010) 

Instructor, China Summer Institute, Institute of Asian Research, University of 

British Columbia, Vancouver, Whistler and Shanghai, China (2007 ongoing) 

Academic assignments include supervising graduate students and directing graduate 

level seminars including International Law and Natural Resources (Special Topics in 

International Water and Energy Law, Negotiations and Environmental Conflict 

Resolution) and Integrated Costal Resources Management . 

1991 to 2007 

Founding Director, Dr. Andrew R. Thompson Program in Natural Resources 

and Environmental Law and Policy, Faculty of Law (2000 to 2007) and Senior 

Research Associate, Westwater Research Center, Faculty of Graduate Studies 

(1991 to 2007) 



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Responsibilities and duties included fundraising for, and directing, large multidisciplinary 

applied research projects along with teaching, publishing scholarly 

articles and supervising graduate students. 

Some representative activities included: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Legal Advisor, Iraqi Marshes Restoration Initiative Workshop, 

University of Victoria and the Canadian International Development Agency, 

Amman, Jordan (2006) 

Distinguished Academic Scholar in Residence, United Nations FAO Rome, 

regarding international water and energy law, negotiation and environmental 

conflict resolution issues, Legal Development Office FAO (Food and 

Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), Rome, Italy (2006) 

Director, Global Transboundary International Waters Expert Workshop, 

Phase 1 of the GEF Global Transboundary International Waters Project, in 

association with the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) and 

the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Vancouver, Canada 

(2006) 

Director, Nile River Basin Workshop, regarding international water and energy 

law, negotiation, environmental conflict resolution and governance issues, 

Legal Development Office of FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) of the 

United Nations, Bujumbura, Burundi (2006) 

Special Counsel, Attorney General of Washington State, regarding 

international water and energy law, negotiation and environmental conflict 

resolution and governance issues involving the Columbia River (2005) 

Rapporteur and Presenter, UNESCO Task Force meeting on Transboundary 

International Groundwater, Paris, France (2005) 

International Legal Advisor, International Bank for Reconstruction and 

Development (World Bank), on major projects involving international water 

and energy law, negotiation and environmental conflict and governance 

issues in Central Asia (2004 to 2005) 

International Legal Advisor, to the federal Canadian government departments 

of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Environment (DFAIT), the 

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Environment 

Canada, at a major international meeting in Stavanger, Norway to discuss 

donor cooperation in the realm of international water and energy law, 

negotiation and environmental conflict resolution and governance issues 

(2003) 

Special Counsel, to the North West Territories Territorial Government 

regarding the negotiation of offshore boundaries and revenue sharing with the 

federal government (2003 to 2008) 

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International Legal Advisor, to Columbia Power Corporation regarding 

negotiations with the federal government of Canada involving international 

water and energy law, negotiation and environmental conflict resolution 

issues (2002 to 2007) 

Consultant and International Legal Advisor, to the Brace Centre for Water 

Resources Management McGill University, Macdonald Campus and the 

Scientific Information Centre of the Interstate Commission for Water 

Coordination of Central Asia (ICWC) regarding international water and energy 

law, negotiation and environmental conflict resolution issues in connection 

with the Aral Sea basin (2001 to 2003) 

International Legal Advisor, Nile River Basin Workshop, to the legal division of 

the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) of the United Nations regarding 

international water and energy law, negotiation and conflict resolution and 

governance issues in connection with the Nile River Basin, Cairo, Egypt 

(2001) 

International Legal Advisor, to the federal Canadian government departments 

of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Environment (DFAIT), the 

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Environment 

Canada, at a major international meeting in Rudesheim, Germany to discuss 

donor cooperation in the realm of international water and energy law, 

negotiation and environmental conflict resolution and governance issues 

(2001) 

Consultant, to El Colegio de Mexico (Mexico) and the Aquatic Resources 

Conservation Group (USA) examining environmental challenges facing North 

American integration including institutional frameworks for coastal zone 

management, conservation and transboundary water resource management 

(2000 ongoing) 

International Legal Advisor, to the Mekong River Commission Secretariat 

(MRCS), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Vientiene, Laos PDR, regarding 

international water and energy law, international environmental law, negotiations 

and conflict resolution and governance issues (1999 to 2003) 

International Legal Advisor, to the Water and Energy Commission Secretariat 

(WECS) of His Majesty’s Government, Kathmandu, Nepal, regarding 

international water law, international environmental law, negotiations and conflict 

resolution and governance issues (1997 to 2003) 

Legal Advisor, to the Yukon Territorial Government regarding the manner in 

which water will be dealt with in the devolution of the Northern Affairs Program 

from Canada (2000) 

International Legal Advisor, to a major international law firm regarding the legal 

and political ramifications of a major international maritime boundary dispute 

(2000) 

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Legal Advisor, to the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA), 

Canada, regarding the negotiation and resolution of various contentious disputes 

involving salmon net pen aquaculture in British Columbia (1997 to 2001) 

International Legal Advisor, to a major international law firm regarding 

implementation of the Columbia River Treaty (1997) 

Legal Advisor, to the government of Canada (Department of Fisheries and 

Oceans) regarding the establishment and maintenance of marine protected areas 

and marine environmental quality (1995 to 1999) 

International Legal Advisor, to the government of British Columbia regarding the 

harmonization of international trade and environmental laws (1996) 

Legal Advisor, to the government of Canada (Departments of Fisheries and 

Oceans and Environment Canada) regarding strategies and tactics for 

implementing integrated coastal zone management in a Canadian context (1996) 

Legal Advisor, to the government of British Columbia at negotiations regarding 

the Mackenzie River Basin (1994) 

Academic assignments included supervising graduate students and directing 

graduate level seminars and courses including: Natural Resources Law and Policy; 

International Law of the Sea; Water Law and Integrated Coastal Zone Management 

1985 to 1991 

Lawyer 

Department of Justice 

Government of Canada 

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 

Activities included providing legal and policy advice as well as acting as litigation 

counsel in the administrative, water, fisheries, refugee, aboriginal and international 

law areas. Activities also included computer managing documents; conducting pretrial 

examinations; acting as counsel in pre-trial motions, preparing and conducting 

cross examinations; directing legal research; directing the preparation of expert 

opinion evidence reports; conducting education and training seminars for legal, 

scientific and technical experts; advising on communications strategies and 

appearing in court on high profile cases. 

Responsibilities and duties also included appearing as counsel before the British 

Columbia Supreme Court, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of 

Canada Trial Division, the Federal Court of Appeal and a wide range of 

administrative tribunals plus managing the Pacific Regional Office of the legal 

division of a major federal administrative tribunal. Major cases worked on included 

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the seminal Nechako River (Attorney General of Canada et. al. v. Alcan Aluminium 

et. al.) and Kitsilano Point (Mathias et. al. v. Attorney General of Canada et. al.) 

disputes. 

1983 to 1985 

Lawyer 

Knott, Pollard & Morgan 

Barristers & Solicitors 


Responsibilities were primarily in the areas of civil litigation and administrative law 

and included appearing before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the British 

Columbia Court of Appeal, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, the Federal Trial 

Court, the Federal Court of Appeal and a wide range of administrative tribunals. 

1982 to 1983 

Articled Law Student 

Russell & DuMoulin (now Fasken Martineau LLP) 

Barristers & Solicitors 


Responsibilities were primarily in the civil litigation and administrative law areas at the 

then largest law firm in western Canada. 

1980 

Legal Extern 

Office of the Attorney General 

Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the 

Pacific Islands 

Responsibilities included providing legal and policy advice regarding the legal, 

environmental and economic ramifications of a proposed $500 M. oil trans-shipment 

superport. Additional responsibilities were in the areas of international law, maritime 

law, coastal zone management, fisheries law, administrative law and legislative 

drafting. 

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1979 

Legal Intern 

Office of General Counsel 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. 

Responsibilities included complex legal research including the application of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Magnuson Fisheries Conservation and 

Management Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act and the Endangered Species 

Act. 

1979 (Summer) 

Assistant Exploration Geologist 

Dolmage Campbell & Associates Geological Engineers / BC Hydro 


Responsibilities included geological mapping, drill inspection and reconnaissance 

work in connection with proposed hydro electric power development projects in the 

Stikine and Iskut areas of British Columbia. 

1977 to 1978 

Teaching Assistant 

University of Washington 

Institute for Marine Studies 

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 

Responsibilities included research and teaching in the areas of resource 

management and environmental impact assessment. 

1975 to 1977 (Summers) 

Environmental Researcher 

Utah Mines Ltd. 


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Responsibilities included oceanographic and biological fieldwork, writing technical 

reports, managing small projects and conducting environmental impact assessments 

at the Carbon Creek Coal Project, the Island Copper Mine Project and other 

locations. 

1971 to 1974 (Summers) 

Assistant Exploration Geologist 

British Newfoundland Exploration, BP Minerals, Amax Exploration and Rio 

Tinto Canadian Exploration, British Columbia, Canada 

Responsibilities included geological exploration and mineral prospecting. 

INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE 

Australia, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, 

Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos PDR, Mexico, 

Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Rwanda, Singapore, Sudan, Tanzania, 

Thailand, Uganda, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam 

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honourary Associate, UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, 

University of Dundee, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland (2008 ongoing) 

Distinguished Academic Scholar in Residence, Legal Development Office 

FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), Rome, Italy 

(July to October 2006) 

Board Member, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (2006 ongoing) 

Governor, Canadian International Peace Project (2005 ongoing) 

Adjunct Professor, International Environmental Law, Southwestern University 

School of Law (Los Angeles) Vancouver Program, Vancouver (2005 to 2007) 

Founding Director, Canadian Water Research Society (2005 ongoing) 

Member, Board of Advisors, Columbia Basin Trust Water Initiatives, British 

Columbia, Canada (2003 ongoing) 

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Advisor, Canadian Government Delegation to the Informal Donor Consultation on 

Transboundary Water Issues, 06 November 2003, Stavanger, Norway (2003) 

North America Regional Representative (Canada and the USA) – International 

Association of Water Lawyers (AIDA) (2003 ongoing) 

Graduate, “Creating Common Ground: Negotiation in Peace Keeping 

Operations” Negotiation Training, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre and the Liu 

Institute for Global Issues, Vancouver, Canada (2003) 

Advisor, Canadian Government Delegation to the Informal Donor Consultation on 

Transboundary Water Issues, 19 and 20 March 2001, Jagdeschloss Niederwald, 

Rudesheim, Germany (2001) 

Final Round Judge, Niagara International Moot Court Competition, Detroit 

College of Law at Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan (2000) 

Board Member, TD Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Foundation (1999 

to 2004) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fellow, Cohort 6, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) 

International Training Program (1997 to 1999 and ongoing) 

Final Round Presiding Judge and Co-Author of Problem, Niagara International 

Moot Court Competition, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 

Cleveland, Ohio (1996) 

Organizer and Moderator, “Annual State of the Environment Live Debate” 

between the British Columbia Minister of the Environment and opposition party 

environment critics. (1996 to 1999) 

Instructor, National and International Natural Resources Law and Policy. At CIDA 

Environmental Seminars for Chinese Scientific and Technical Experts, 

Vancouver, (1995) 

Director, MLSS Marine Life Sanctuaries Society (1995 ongoing) 

Instructor, Annual Seminar on Environment Management: Theory and Skills. At 

Korea Water Resources Corporation Special Seminar, School of Resource and 

Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (1994 to 1996) 

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Advisor, British Columbia Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE) 

Strategy Planning Team (1993 to 1997) 

West Coast Organizer, United Nations International Oceans Day (1993 to 2000) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured Contributor to the Weather Channel Television “State of the 

Environment” reports (1992 to 1999) 

Instructor and Group Leader, Natural Resources Law and Policy, Post 

Baccalaureate Program in Environmental Studies, Capilano College, North 

Vancouver, British Columbia (1993 to 1999) 

Associate Faculty, Fisheries Centre, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of 

British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (1991 ongoing) 

Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability and the 

Westwater Research Center, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British 

Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (1991 to 2008) 

Instructor, Environmental Law, Orientation Seminar on Canada for ASEAN 

Journalists, Asia Pacific Foundation Media Fellowship Program, Vancouver 

(1991) 

Canadian Delegate, International Conference on the Conservation and 

Management of the Living Resources of the High Seas, St. John’s, 

Newfoundland (1990) 

Deputy Minister’s Silver Commendation Award for Outstanding Contributions to 

the Public Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (1987) 

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, UBC, Vancouver, Canada (1985 ongoing) 

Western Regional Finalist, Jessup International Moot Court Competition, Newport 

Beach, California (1980) 

Scholarship Awardee, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California 

(1978, 1979 and 1980) 

Scholarship Awardee, University of Washington / National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington (1977) 

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EDUCATION 

LL.M. 

London School of Economics 

1982 London, England 

J.D. 

Pepperdine University School of Law 

1981 Malibu, California, U.S.A. 

M.Sc. 

Institute for Marine Studies 

1978 University of Washington, 

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 

B.Sc. 


1975 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 

American Society of International Law (since 1978) 

Law Society of British Columbia (since 1983) 

Canadian Council International Law (since 1983) 

British Columbia Inns of Court (since 1985) 

International Association Water Lawyers (AIDA) (since 2001) 

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS 

 

 

 

Global Transboundary International Waters Project funded by the Global 

Environment Facility (GEF World Bank Group) and the United Nations 

Development Programme (UNDP) with UBC IAR, Vancouver, Canada (2008 

ongoing) 

Issues and Driving Forces in the Columbia River Basin funded by the 

Columbia Basin Trust (2008) 

International Water Law, Transboundary Water Resources Management, 

Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Development Aid Effectiveness Research 

Project, funded by the Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International 

Trade (DFAIT), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and 

Environment Canada (2003). 

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International Water Law, Transboundary Water Resources Management, 

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Research Project, funded by UBC Faculty of 

Law (2002 to 2003). 

Strategic Planning for Marine Protected Areas Research Project, funded by San 

Juan County, Washington (2002 to 2003). 

Environmental Challenges Facing North American Integration: Institutional 

Frameworks for Coastal Zone Management, Conservation and Transboundary 

Resource Management Research Project, funded by the Inter-Institutional 

Research Program for North America, El Colegio de Mexico and the Aquatic 

Resources Conservation Group, Seattle, Washington (2000 to 2003). 

A Smart Growth Tourism Initiative in the Georgia Basin / Puget Sound Research 

Project, funded by the Oceans Blue Foundation (1999). 

Strategies for the Regulation of Ecosystem Health Research Project, funded by 

the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (1998 to 99). 

Strategies for Negotiating International Water Law Agreements and Facilitating 

Conflict Resolution with Regard to Himilayan Water Resources Research Project, 

funded by Canadian International Water & Energy Consultants (CIWEC) and the 

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (1997 ongoing). 

Further Evaluating the Feasibility of Strengthening Government Processes 

through Education and Training of British Columbia Environmental Professionals 

Research Project, funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada 

(1997). 

Potential Constraints on the Definition and Regulation of Environmental Quality 

pursuant to the Canada Oceans Act Research Project, funded by the Department 

of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (1997 to 1998). 

Evaluating the Response of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to 

the Fraser River Sockeye Public Review Board Research Project, with EB 

Experts Inc., funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (1996). 

Strategies for Establishing and Maintaining a Marine Protected Area at William 

Head, British Columbia, Research Project funded by WWF Canada (1996). 

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Evaluating the Feasibility of Certifying or Licensing British Columbia 

Environmental Professionals Research Project, funded by the Department of 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (1996). 

A Literature Review and Analysis of International Coastal Zone Management 

Models Research Project, with Meltzer Research and Consulting, funded by the 

Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, (1996). 

Strategies for Establishing and maintaining International Oceans Day on the 

West Coast Research Project, funded by the Canadian International 

Development Research Centre (IDRC) (1995). 

Identifying West Coast Strategies for a Canadian Marine Conservation 

Programme Research Project, funded by the Canadian Arctic Resources 

Committee and the Canadian Nature Federation (1994). 

International Trade Law, the Environment, Sustainability and the British Columbia 

Fishing Industry Research Project, funded by the British Columbia Fish 

Processing Task Force, Province of British Columbia (1994). 

Strategies for Managing Rivers (and Recreation Routes) in British Columbia 

Research Project, funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and the 

British Columbia Real Estate Foundation (1993). 

Strategies for Establishing and Maintaining Marine Protected Areas in British 

Columbia Research Project funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia 

(1992). 

Fisheries Co-Management Strategies Between Government and First Nations 

Research Project, funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada 

(1992). 

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PUBLICATIONS 

Paisley, Richard Kyle and John Shurts. Columbia River Treaty: Past, Present and 

Future. In Bakker, Karen, Emma Norman and Alice Cohen. Water Without Borders: 

Canada, the U.S. and Shared Water. 2011 (accepted for publication) 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. Lessons Learned from Recent Experience with Governance 

of International Freshwater, International Groundwater and International Large 

Marine Ecosystems: Dispute Resolution. Proceedings of Water Law: Through the 

Lens of Conflict: Colloquium of the University of New England and the Australian 

Centre for Agriculture and Law. International Journal of Rural Law and Policy (2011) 

(accepted for publication) 

Eckstein, Gabriel (ed.), Stefano Burchi, Maaria Solin Curlier and Richard Kyle 

Paisley. The Greening of Water Law: Managing Fresh Water Resources for People 

and the Environment. UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, 

Nairobi, Kenya (2010) 

Grzybowski, Alex, Stephen C. McCaffrey and Richard Kyle Paisley. Beyond 

International Water Law: Successfully Negotiating Mutually Beneficial Agreements 

for International Watercourses. 22 Pacific McGeorge Global Business & 

Development Law Journal 139 (2010) 

Hassan, Marwan A., Graham McIntyre, Abed Al-Rahman Tamimi ,Mousa Diabat, 

Richard Kyle Paisley and Khaled Shahin. Future Palestinian Water I: Resources, 

Allocation and Perception. Geography Compass 4/2 (2010): 118–138 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. Overview of the UBC / COLMEX / GEF Transboundary 

International Waters Research Initiative (Proceedings of the XIII World Water 

Congress, Montpellier, France) (2008) 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. International Watercourses / River Basins Including Law, 

Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Simulation Training Exercises, FAOWATER, 

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome (2008) 

Paisley, Richard Kyle and Glen Hearns. Some Observations From Recent 

Experiences With the Governance of International Drainage Basins, in Proceedings 

of the Symposium–Precious, Worthless, or Incalculable: The Value and Ethic of 

Water, Vol. 2, Center for Water Law & Policy and International Center for Arid and 

Semi-Arid Land Studies, Texas Tech University. A.C. Corrêa & Gabriel Eckstein, 

eds. (2006) 

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Paisley, Richard Kyle. International Water Law, Transboundary Water 

Resources and Development Aid Effectiveness. 1 Indian Jurid. Review 67 

(2004). 

Paisley, Richard Kyle, Cuauhtémoc León, Boris Graizbord and Eugene 

Bricklemyer, Jr. Transboundary Water Management: An Institutional Comparison 

among Canada, the United States and Mexico. 9 (2) Ocean and Coastal Law 

Journal (University of Maine School of Law) 177 (2004) 

Paisley, Richard Kyle, Maaria Curlier, Cuauhtémoc León, Boris Graizbord, 

Eugene Bricklemyer, Jr. Integrated Coastal Management (ICM): A Brief Legal 

and Institutional Comparison among Canada, the United States and Mexico. 9 

(2) Ocean and Coastal Law Journal (University of Maine School of Law) 195 

(2004) 

Cuauhtémoc León, Boris Graizbord, Richard Kyle Paisley and Eugene 

Bricklemyer, Jr. Desiderata for Public Policy Requirements for the Mexican 

Coastline. 9 (2) Ocean and Coastal Law Journal (University of Maine School of 

Law) 221 (2004) 

Bricklemyer, Eugene, Jr., Shelby Smith, Cuauhtémoc León, Boris Graizbord and 

Richard Kyle Paisley. Preservation of Coastal Spaces: A Dialogue on Oregon’s 

Experience with Integrated Land Use Management. 9 (2) Ocean and Coastal 

Law Journal (University of Maine School of Law) 239 (2004) 

Cuauhtémoc León, Boris Graizbord, Richard Kyle Paisley, Eugene Bricklemyer 

and Juan J. del Toro. Challenges for Managing the North American Coastal 

Zone. 9 (2) Ocean and Coastal Law Journal (University of Maine School of Law) 

281 (2004) 

Bricklemyer, Eugene Jr., Alfredo Tomas Ortega Ojedo, Cuauhtémoc León, Boris 

Graizbord and Richard Kyle Paisley. Appropriate Sanitation and Integrated Coastal 

Management - An Ecologically Based Human Waste Treatment System for Coastal 

Settlements on the Bahia De Navidad, Jalisco State, Mexico. 9 (2) Ocean and 

Coastal Law Journal (University of Maine School of Law) 301 (2004) 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. The Role of Law and the Legal System in the Achievement 

of Sustainability in the Fraser River Estuary. In “The Fraser River Delta: Issues in an 

Urban Estuary”. The Geological Survey of Canada and the American Association for 

the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Pacific Division. (2003). 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. Adversaries into Partners: International Water Law and 

Down Stream Benefits. 3 (2) Melbourne Journal of International Law 280 (2002). 

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Paisley, Richard Kyle. International Water Law and Down Stream Benefits, In 

Communities in SE Asia: Challenges and Responses. Lansdowne, Helen, Dearden, 

Philip, and William Neilson, Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, 

(2002). 

Paisley, R.K. Conflict Resolution: Suits. In EOLSS (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences) 

UNESCO Project. UNESCO, Paris, France. (2003). 

Paisley, R. K. and T. McDaniels. International Water Law, Pollution Risk and the 

Tatshenshini River. 35 Nat. Res. J. 111 (1995). 

Paisley, R.K. Science and the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas. In Marine 

Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries: Proceedings of the Symposium on 

Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries conducted at the Second 

International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas held 

at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 16-20 May 1994, Science 

and Management of Protected Areas Association, (1995). 

Paisley, R.K. Preface: Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries. In Marine 

Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries: Proceedings of the Symposium on 

Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries conducted at the Second 

International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas held 

at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 16-20 May 1994, Science 

and Management of Protected Areas Association, (1995). 

McDaniels, T., Paisley, R.K. and M.C. Healey. Cooperative Fisheries Management 

Involving First Nations in British Columbia: An Adaptive Approach to Strategy 

Design. 51(9) C.J.F.A.S. 2115 (1994). 

Paisley, R. K. Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Pacific Rim in the 

21 st Century. 27(1) U.B.C. Law Review 107 (1993). 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. Fisheries and the Environment, Chapter 13 in Thompson, 

Geoffrey, Moira McConnell and Lynne Huestis, Environment, Law and Business in 

Canada. Canada Law Book (1993). 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. International Regulation of Fisheries, in Sustainable 

Development in Canada: Options for Law Reform. Canadian Bar Association (1990). 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. Pacific Fisheries and the Emerging International Law of the 

Sea. 24 U.B.C. Law Review 105 (1990). 

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Paisley, R.K. Book Review: Treaties on Trial: The Continuing Controversy Over 

North West Indian Fishing Rights by Fay G. Cohen, Joan La France and Vivian L. 

Bowden. 3 Can. J. Law and Soc. 279 (1988). 

SELECTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 

Paisley, Richard Kyle. The UBC / COLMEX / GEF Transboundary International 

Waters Research Initiative (Proceedings of the XIII World Water Congress, 

Montpellier, France) (2008) 

B. Graizbord, El Colegio de Mexico, C. Leon, El Colegio de Mexico, R. Paisley. 

University of British Columbia and E. Bricklemyer, ARCG, USA., Environmental 

Challenges facing North American Integration: Institutional Frameworks for Coastal 

Zone Management, Conservation and Transboundary Resource Management. At 

Challenges of a Changing Earth, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2001) 

Paisley, R.K. Managing Water Scarcity in Developing Countries: Lessons from 

Nepal. In Proceedings from the Third Annual International Water Seminar: Securing 

Water Rights and Managing Water Scarcity: Law and Policy in Practice, Water Law 

and Policy Programme, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland (1999) 

Wilson, Norma and R.K. Paisley. New Initiatives to Protect Rivers and Recreation 

Routes in British Columbia. In Proceedings of the Canadian Coastal Zone 

Management Conference, Halifax (1994). 

Paisley, R. K. International Water Law, Pollution Risk and the Tatshenshini River 

Controversy. In American Society of International Law (ASIL) Regional Meeting: 

Trans-Boundary Ocean and River Issues in the Pacific North West, Vancouver 

(1993). 

Paisley, R. K. Air Quality, the Environment and the Pacific North West, including 

Trans-Border Cooperative Initiatives. In International Energy Exchange. CLE 

International, Vancouver (1993). 

Paisley, R. K. International Treaties and Conventions: Potential Impact on the Forest 

Industry. In Environmental Law and Regulation for the Canadian Forest Industry 

1993. The Canadian Institute, Vancouver (1993). 

Paisley, R. K., and E. Kelsey, Marine Protected Areas, Environmental Partnerships 

and the Utilization of Scientific Information. In Environmental Decision Making: the 

Whytecliff Experience, in Conference Proceedings for Wetlands: A Transboundary 

Agenda Conference, White Rock, British Columbia (1993). 

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Paisley, R. K. Coastal Management: Improving Strategies for Establishing and 

Maintaining Marine Parks and Other Marine Protected Areas in British Columbia. In 

Proceedings of the 1993 Canadian Coastal Conference. The Canadian Coastal 

Science and Engineering Association and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British 

Columbia (1993). 

Paisley, Richard K., and Heather M. Warren, Transboundary Environmental Issues 

from a Pacific Basin Perspective. In Proceedings of the TransBoundary 

Environmental Issues Conference, Victoria (1984). 

UNPUBLISHED REPORTS 

Paisley, Richard K. Regional Marine Issues Overview: West Coast: A Report to the 

Canadian Arctic Resources Committee / Canadian Nature Federation National 

Marine Conservation Strategy Programme, Westwater Research Centre (1995). 

Paisley, Richard K. Rivers and Routes in British Columbia: Final Report to the Law 

Foundation of British Columbia and the British Columbia Real Estate Foundation. 

Westwater Research Centre (1993). 

Paisley, Richard K. Rivers and Routes in British Columbia: Options for the Future. 


Paisley, Richard K. Rivers and Routes in British Columbia: A Discussion Paper. 


Paisley, Richard K. Fisheries Co-Management Strategies for the Musqueam Indian 

Band (1989) (report prepared for the Musqueam Indian Band). 

Paisley, Richard K. The International Law Ramifications of Amending the “Migratory 

Birds Convention” between Canada and the United States (1989) (report prepared 

for Environment Canada). 

Paisley, Richard K. Towards a Process for Resolving Native Indian Fishing 

Disputes in British Columbia: Lessons from Recent Experience in the United States, 

in Native Fishing Rights in British Columbia (1989) (report prepared for Fisheries & 

Oceans Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada). 

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Paisley, Richard K. Indonesia and the Emerging Law of the Sea: Challenges and 

Opportunities (1988) (report prepared for the Federal Environmental Assessment 

Review Organization (FEARO) Indonesia Project). 

Paisley, Richard K, An Analysis of the Legal, Economic and Environmental 

Ramifications of a Proposed $500 Million Oil Transshipment Superport in the 

Northern Mariana Islands, in Special Report to the Coastal Resources Management 

Program, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (1980). 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 

Paisley, Richard K. and R. Whittaker. Case Comment: Her Majesty the Queen v. 

Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd., 14(1) West Coast Envir. Law Res. Foundation 11 

(1988). 

Paisley, Richard K. Expert Witnesses, in Expert Witness Training Manual. 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (1986). 

Paisley, Richard K. An Expert Witness Video, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 

(1986). 

Paisley, Richard K., and E.A. Erickson. Case Comment: Her Majesty the Queen v. 

Eagle Disposal, 11(2) West Coast Envir. Law Res. Foundation 10 (1985). 

Paisley, Richard K., and E.J. Sanderson. Case Comment: R. v. Fraser River 

Harbour Commission, 10(1) West Coast Envir. Law Res. Foundation 10 (1984). 

Paisley, Richard K, Case Comment: Re Ownership of the Bed of Georgia and 

Related Areas, 10(2) West Coast Envir. Law Res. Foundation 9 (1984). 

Paisley, Richard K. Deep Ocean Mining for Manganese Nodules and the 

Environment, unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Washington, Institute for 

Marine Studies and the College of Fisheries (1978). 

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 

Presenter, Future of the Columbia River Treaty: Lessons Learned and Best 

Practices from Recent International Experiences. University of Idaho, Coeur 

d’Alene, Idaho (2009). 

Presenter, with Jessica Kai Paisley, The UBC / COLMEX / GEF Transboundary 

International Waters Research Initiative, The XIII World Water Congress, 

Montpellier, France (2008). 

Presenter, International Water Law, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and 

Development Aid Effectiveness: the Way Forward. At Foreign Affairs Canada 

Consultation Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. (February 2006). 

Moderator, Panel Discussion on Climate Change and Implications for Fraser River 

Sockeye Salmon, Climate and Fisheries: Impacts, Uncertainty and Responses of 

Ecosystems and Communities, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British 

Columbia, Canada (October 2005) 


Development Aid Effectiveness. At United Nations University for Peace, Central 

Asia Programme Course Development and Training Seminar, Regional Water 

Resources and Peace Building, Almaty, Kazahkstan. April 2005. 

Presenter, International Water Law and Conflict Resolution. At Annual Meeting, 

Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia (ICWC), Almaty, 

Kazahkstan. April 2005. 

Presenter and Rapporteur, Transboundary Groundwater and Canada, At 

UNESCO, Paris, France. March 2005. 

Presenter, International Water Law and the Columbia River Treaty: Past, Present 

and Future. At UCOWR/NIWR Joint Conference: "Water Allocation: Economics 

and the Environment" Portland, Oregon, July 2004 

Presenter: Property, Conflict, Environment and Transboundary Rivers. At 

Congreso Internacional De Derecho Ambienta - Propiedad, Conflicto Y Medio 

Ambiente. El Universadad del Rosario and the Instituto Colombiano de Derecho 

Ambiental, Bogota, Colombia, May 2004 

Presenter, International Water Law, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution issues 

including Central Asia, At World Bank Meeting, February, 2004, Washington, 

D.C. 

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Development Aid Effectiveness including the Mekong and Central Asia. At Water for 

the Poorest International Conference, November, 2003, Stavanger, Norway. 

Presenter, International Water Issues: Peace, Security and Downstream Benefits: 

Challenges and Opportunities. At Joint Northwest Regional Consortium for 

Southeast Asian Studies and Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies 

Conference, Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives 24 – 27 October 2001, Victoria, British 

Columbia. 

Presenter, International Water, Peace and Security: Challenges and Opportunities. 

At Water Issues for the Twenty First Century – CIDA International Cooperation Days, 

18 – 20 June 2001, Ottawa, Ontario. 

Presenter, Sharing Downstream Benefits: A Comparison of Experiences in the 

Columbia, the Mekong and the Karnali (Nepal). At Informal Donor Consultation on 

Transboundary Water Issues, 19 and 20 March 2001, Jagdeschloss Niederwald, 

Rudesheim, Germany (2001) 

Presenter, Managing Water Scarcity in Developing Countries: Lessons from Nepal. 

At Third Annual International Water Seminar: Securing Water Rights and Managing 

Water Scarcity: Law and Policy in Practice, Water Law and Policy Programme, 

University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland (1999) 

Presenter, International Water Law: Past Present and Future. At Riverfest V 

International Symposium, Vancouver (1998). 

Presenter, Environmental Impact Assessment, Cumulative Environmental Impact 

Assessment and the Law. At Symposium on Cumulative Effects, Institute for 

Resources and Environment UBC, Vancouver (1998). 

Presenter, International Law and the Environment. At Carbon Cycle to Bicycle: 

Taking Responsibility for Climate Change: The Skies Above Foundation International 

Environmental Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria (1997). 

Presenter, Managing Competing Activities in the Ocean and Coastal Zone. At 

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Oceans Environment 

and Resources Task Force, Steveston, British Columbia (1996). 

Participant, At Building a Framework for Assessing NAFTA Environmental Effects: 

the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in collaboration with El Colegio De 

Mexico, A.C., the Institute for the Americas and the National Round Table on the 

Environment and the Economy, La Jolla, California, (1996). 

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Presenter, A Critical Review of Recent Initiatives to Establish and Maintain Protection 

for British Columbia Rivers. At RiverFest V International Conference, Vancouver 

(1996). 

Presenter, The New International Law of Fisheries: Principles and Practices. At 

Colloquium on the Occasion of the 50 th Anniversary of the U.N.: The U.N., Law of the 

Sea and the Marine Environment and especially, the U.N. Convention on Straddling 

Stocks and Highly Migratory Species, St John’s, Newfoundland (1995). 

Presenter, The Role of Law and the Legal System in the Achievement of 

Sustainability in the Fraser River: Past, Present and Future. At American 

Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Pacific Division Meeting: The 

Fraser River Delta: Issues in an Urban Estuary, Vancouver (1995). 

Presenter, Western Canadian Marine Bio-Diversity. At Workshop on Critical Issues 

for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine and Coastal Bio-Diversity: 

Advancing the Bio-Diversity Convention in Canada, Vancouver (1995). 

Presenter, Principles and Trends in Environmental Law and the Management of 

Toxic Waste. At Toxic Waste - A World Wide Problem: Canadian and Indonesian 

Perspectives, Capilano College, North Vancouver (1995). 

Presenter, International Treaties and Conventions: Potential Impact on the Forest 

Industry. At Environmental Law and Regulation for the Canadian Forest Industry 

1994. The Canadian Institute (1994). 

Presenter, Science, Marine Protected Areas and the Utilization of Scientific 

Information in Environmental Decision Making. At Marine Protected Areas and 

Sustainable Fisheries: Proceedings of the Symposium on Marine Protected Areas 

and Sustainable Fisheries conducted at the Second International Conference on 

Science and the Management of Protected Areas held at Dalhousie University, 

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 16-20 May 1994, Science and Management of 

Protected Areas Association, (1995). 

Rapporteur. At International Meeting of Experts on Environmental Crime: The Use 

of Criminal Sanctions in the Protection of the Environment: Internationally, 

Domestically and Regionally, Portland (1994). 

Presenter, Rivers and Recreation Routes in British Columbia. At RiverFest IV 

International Conference, Vancouver (1994). 

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Moderator and Director, with Maurice Copithorne, of the United Nations Association 

of Canada Symposium on High Seas Fisheries and Straddling Stocks, Vancouver 

(1993). 

Presenter, International Treaties and Conventions: Potential Impact on the Forest 

Industry. At Environmental Law and Regulation for the Canadian Forest Industry 

1993. The Canadian Institute (1993). 

Presenter, Air Quality including Trans-Border Cooperative Initiatives. At International 

Energy Exchange, CLE International, Vancouver (1993). 

Organizer and Moderator, American Society of International Law (ASIL) Regional 

Meeting: Trans-Boundary Ocean and River Issues in the Pacific North West, 

Vancouver (1992). 

Moderator, Pacific Rim and International Law Organization (PRIL) Conference: Post 

Rio - An Asian Regional Perspective, Vancouver (1992). 

Organizer and Moderator, China and Refugees. At Symposium on International 

Human Rights, Refugees and the Peoples’ Republic of China: Past, Present and 

Future, Vancouver (1990). 

Moderator, Conference on the Canada/USA Salmon Interception Treaty, University 

of British Columbia, Vancouver (1989). 

Presenter, Law, Science and Expert Witnesses. At Expert Witness Training 

Program, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Vancouver (1986). 

Director, International Ocean Symposium: “SEA THE FUTURE” EXPO 86 SPECIAL 

EVENT, Vancouver (1986). 

Director, International Energy Law Symposium: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 

Terminal Facility Siting in the California Coastal Zone, Pepperdine University School 

of Law, Malibu, California (1980). 

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