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… the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal is an extremely biodiversity-rich area, both in natural and cultural terms, … themes for the 2006 and 2008 Courses were therefore ‘Biodiversity’ and 1 The University of Joensuu merged with the … Multilateral Environmental Agreements to Halt Biodiversity Loss’, Review 2011, 95–108; Melissa Lewis, ‘Synergies within …

… to deal with the destruction of our rivers and thereby the loss of their biodiversity and societal benefits. I hope this guide will be … and specific water allocations. For rivers with high biodiversity values, for example, an environmental flow might …

… economic development. Many aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity depend on groundwater. Failure to manage … change. Sustainable groundwater management supports biodiversity conservation Changes to groundwater levels or … of groundwater discharge is a driver of biodiversity loss in groundwater-dependent ecosystems, including springs, …

… form a central pillar in The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) which UNEP hosts and which dovetails with … been experiencing rapid and tremendous degradation and loss in the past 50 years, destroyed by overuse, pollution … spurred desertification.32 The modification and loss of biodiversity and ecosystems and the propagation of invasive …

… the system; (f) "land degradation" means reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, of the … or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long-term loss of natural vegetation; (g) "arid, semi-arid and dry … beauty and ecological value, an important reservoir of biodiversity, the headwaters of major rivers, an essential …

… inflow throughout their entire bed; others have seepage loss to groundwater throughout their entire bed; but perhaps … inflow through part of their bed and have seepage loss to groundwater through other parts (Figure 3.9). … More- over, like lakes, reservoirs can have significant loss of water by evaporation. Figure 3.9: Lakes’s interaction …