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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… by the drainage divides. In this respect, an aquifer may transfer water from one basin to another through the exchange … methods, voluntary measures, market-based and information technology instruments, spatial planning and cost recovery of … their account. Traditionally and depending on the type of technology available, the upstream State typically makes …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… march through the advancement of the sciences, medicine, technology and sociology has provided humans with an … of the Earth’s climate. Building on already developed technology, proposals were put forward in 1998/99 to … a subsurface build up of anomalously warm water and its transfer from the west to the east Pacific (Ramesh and …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… 550 hectares are mined and rehabilitated annually. The technology of rehabilitation has been improved continuously … developing better mine planning tools, developing new technology and further increasing environmental commitment. … • to provide transferable knowledge, information and technology for broad-scale environmental management of …
Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… the capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change.1 Technology assessments are usually undertaken to identify … negative impacts resulting from the release of such technology.2 Sustainability assessments are conducted to … an agreed schedule for national sectoral authorities to transfer their responsibilities related to the evaluation and …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… but could foreseeably, be ‘replaced’ using appropriate technology, in some instances. Where possible, opportunities … scale alternatives, siting or layout alternatives, and/or technology alternatives; c. Describe expected biophysical … - introducing genetically modified organisms that may transfer transgenes to varieties / cultivars / breeds of …