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… management 2.5 Management Interventions for Groundwater Protection and Remediation 2.6 Checklist: Application of … between: • extensive irrigated agriculture – the major consumer (and sometimes an important polluter) of groundwater … use for agriculture, which is usually the largest consumer of groundwater resources, is rarely metered and thus …

… of water resources to competing users, and for the protection of the resource from depletion and from pollution … and Development UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants WIPO World Intellectual … a discussion of water rights. Instead the individual consumer may rely on a statutory duty imposed on the supplier …

… system. A wide range of outcomes, from environmental protection to serving the needs of industries and people, are … and negative aspects, for example a tax that leads a consumer to give up an activity is an incentive, not a … manipulated to affect the behaviour of the pro- ducer or consumer. For example, a government subsidy on farm inputs …

… 54 5. Protection of ecosystems … viability of fish and wildlife resources. The Swiss Water Protection Act prescribes water protection targets and minimum flow figures for different …

… vulnerability and over-exploitation 11 8.5 Groundwater protection 13 8.6 Summary 15 8.7 References 17 8.8 Exercise … rural areas, where the use for irrigation is the largest consumer. Intensive groundwater use for domes- tic water … and Fos- ter and Shah, 2012). Agriculture is the largest consumer of water compared to all other uses, such as …