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Modern water rights : Theory and practice

… 4 2.2. Traditional land-based approaches to water rights … 20 3.1. Ill-adaption of traditional land based approaches to specific climatic conditions … bought and sold; � equity and monopoly concerns regarding acquisition of water rights by large organizations and the …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… advice provided by Jacob J. Burke, Senior Officer in the Land and Water Development Division of FAO, on points of … purposes of this Convention: (a) "desertification" means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub- humid areas … 17 - Research and development, Article 18 - Transfer, acquisition, adaptation and development of technology; …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… of micro- and macro-policy issues in- fluencing water and land use, and represents one of the major global challenges … on the resource. These may include: ■■ The impact of land use / land management which has a direct impact on both … to management Groundwater monitoring and groundwater data acquisition are pre-requisites for any effective management …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… parameter * Severe High 94 553 * Defined as the land ratio without vegetation coverage (forest area and … of Water laW10 freshwater habitat modification. Most land-based activities, such as agriculture and human settlements, generate pollution, land erosion (causing siltation) and nutrient runoff (causing …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… enterprise. After all, the river runs through his land, and his family’s maxim has always been that "a drop … practices and regulations, for example related to land-use, water rights and in-stream uses. Provision of an … cases included provisions for the compulsory and voluntary acquisition of existing water rights. Examples of these …
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