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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… with IUCN. HELIO is an independent network of leading energy analysts whose objective is to identify, assess, … are located in the conflict area, e.g. rivers that feed a hydroelectric system, terminals and storage facilities, … pipeline construction, uranium and coal mining, hydroelectric dam construction, fuelwood extraction and …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… production, consumption and sale such as those providing energy,shelter, foods, agricultural production, timber, … in forest manage- ment for water supplies of the Paute hydroelectric scheme, Ecuador62 The Paute hydroelectric scheme, in the Andean Highlands of Ecuador, was …
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Two dams on the Santa Cruz River in Argentina: Their impact on an irreplaceable ecosystem and on the hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) population, a Critically Endangered species endemic to Argentina

… of an informed and strategic debate on the country's energy decisions, ensuring that the Santa Cruz River basin … SEA processes, the precautionary principle, the impacts of hydroelectric projects and renewable energy alternatives, as well as other related issues that she …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 43 3.4.2 Yacyreta Hydroelectric … Use (March 17, 1998); Agreement on the Use of Water and Energy Resources of the Sry Darya Basin (March 17, 1998); and … as the 1950s, the Bank was taking measures to ensure that hydroelectric projects on international waterways were …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… carried out in this area. This large, integrated water and hydroelectric power project has six major dams, 45 kilo- … services in the affected rivers, and ensuring a viable hydroelectric generating business. The 10-year agreement cost … history to have its license renewal refu- sed. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) determined that the power …
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Global Land Outlook

… 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and Climate 212 11 Urbanization 226 12 Drylands 246 … major river systems, mainly due to dam construction for hydroelectric power and surface water storage, are causing … hydrology, reducing the output and lifetime of the hydroelectric power system.103 Dams are also associated with …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… for the development and use of clean and renewable energy sources (Article 33.2). None of these laws, however, … tax when exploiting natural water, especially water tax on hydroelectric production 11. Directive No. 12/2003/CT-TTg, … on exploiting and using water from irrigation works for hydroelectric production, tourism, hotels, entertainment, and …
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Introduction to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

… artificial islands or installations for producing energy from the water, currents or winds. Another use of the …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… uses of watercourses was the 1923 Geneva Convention on Hydroelectric Use, which consists of 11 Member States, but … traffic, the use of water in generating electrical energy, agriculture, forestry, fishing, or any other type of … In other words, the project was aimed at producing hydroelectric power, improving navigation on certain sections …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… in order to bring Europe closer together. Increasing energy consumption threatens the last natural river … still present today along the two rivers. In the area of hydroelectric plants and total regulation in Austria, … river is (in Slovenia as well as in Croatia) dammed with hydroelectric power plants: the pygmy cormorants feed almost …
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