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A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law Author: Stefano Burchi Scope: This class will … of the environment as a legitimate user of available water resources. It will present the environment as a … issue is the compensation of existing, legitimate water abstraction (and of wastewater discharge) rights which are …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… Value – Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure This practical guide explains the most … more sustainable and equitable development decisions in water resources management. It shows that investments in … irrigated farmland. As a result of this upstream water abstraction, there is inadequate downstream flow left to …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… GREEN Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects GUIDE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This guide … Programme (UNEP), UNEP-DHI Partnership – Centre on Water and Environment, International Union for Conservation …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… 9 1.1.1 Water basins … 23 2.1 Sources of international law related to water … 23 2.2 Theories about the use of water from shared basins … 25 2.3 General principles of international water law … Maputo watercourse is contained in the same Annex. (2) Any abstraction of waters from the Incomati or Maputo …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… ‘Flow’ sets out a path from conflict over limited water resources and environmental degradation to a water management system that reduces poverty, ensures healthy … the setting of an environmental flow. Clear objectives and abstraction scenarios need to be defined To set an …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… to Preserve the Pristine Quality of Its Drinking Water and Save Billions of Dollars and What Lessons It … which took place in the catchment area of New York City’s water supply (the Catskills). The PES deal resulted in an … using five key socioeconomic poverty indicators (access to water, undernourishment, potential population pressure, …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… many years through the joint management of the lake and water resources. Towards the end of the Communist period, … See – Seewinkel Cooperation in nature conservation and water management started as early as the 1950s. This was … (2002) adds “rehabilitation areas” to this simplifying abstraction of real landscapes. For a discussion of the …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… 2 Chapter 2 Understanding Water-related Ecosystem Services … 5 2.1 What are Water-related Ecosystem Services? … Water-related Ecosystem Services Allocate pollution or abstraction permits which divide the allowable overall total … revenue. For example, revenues can be collected for both abstraction and pollution of water. Abstraction fees can be …
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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)

… Heritage; and South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. vi | IUCN Red List of Ecosystems … and ecosystems legislation (Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship Department) Ecosystem. 'A dynamic complex … Modifications: 7.2 Dams & Water Management/Use: 7.2.3 Abstraction of Surface Water (agricultural use) 8. Invasive & …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… such as food, fuel, construction material, clean water and air, and protection from natural hazards. … – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at its … but also seasonal burning to revive pasture), increased abstraction for irrigation (in particular by the vast “Office …
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