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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… Roberts (Eds.) Adaptation to Climate Change Transboundary Water Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. … C hange ELP 75 2014.indd 1 10.06.14 16:57 Transboundary Water Governance Adaptation to Climate Change Transboundary … • Overuse of groundwater resulting from increasing abstraction for agricultural purposes and drinking water …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. www.iucn.org/water @IUCN_Water Women as change-makers in the governance of shared … treaty. Another of the BSWC’s projects tackled the over-abstraction by local farmers of water from small rivers in …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… IU C N IUCN Environmental Law Programme International Water Governance: Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems In te … Agreements Compilation and Analysis International Water Governance: Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems Vol. … one half of the natural flow of the river at the point of abstraction during that week subject to a certain maximum …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… well as improving their access to basic services including water and sanitation, education, and renewable energy. SNV … Handout 31: Role Play: Sustainable Agriculture, Water Pricing and Logging Ban – The Story and Steps for the … at the community level. Management determines how those water resources are distributed equitably -– when each farmer …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… are not necessarily covered by “land” rights, including water, salt pans and trees, and how these rights interact … Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Goal 8. Promote sustained, … specialized and seasonally-varied pastures and water, which provide a margin of safety against erratic …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… a series of relationships between large marine ecosystems, water- sheds, national boundaries, and regional ocean … and seventies over the encroachment by foreign, distant-water vessels on coastal harvests have been replaced by … production, ports, large dams, substantial groundwater abstraction activities, and deforestation of large areas. The …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… nuclear accidents, invasive alien species from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in … CBD as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and … to the marine environment, which comprises the salt water environment - both the water column and the seabed and …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… in meeting their basic needs for energy, food, and clean water. * Legal Officer, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, … different from PES for other ecosystem services, such as water purification or aesthetic landscape enrichment. … allocate the use of important resources, such as land and water. Rights recognized under customary rules may not have …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… ecosystem processes, and meet human needs, including water production, soil conservation, and marine nutrient … Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities on Local Government … Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities on Local Government …