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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… the most widely applied approaches in impact assessment or restoration planning for single or multiple stretches of a … 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 …
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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 … as a national priority, and fixes the preservation and restoration of water quality and the protection of ecosystems …
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E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… aquifer. It can also result in the subsidence of overlying land, which can destroy the storage and transmission … negatively affected. Further, contamination from various land-based human activities, such as, agricultural, … of aquifer pollution; (h) direct the owner or occupier of land to seal off any borehole situated on the land – (i) …
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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 … impact; (d) To ensure conservation and, where necessary, restoration of ecosystems. 3. Measures for the prevention, …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… unwanted impacts on others. Zoning is used to ensure that land uses are compatible with protection of vulnerable … to extract groundwater, mechanisms to control pollution, land-use zoning and the means of enforcing rules through the … an ecological reserve to protect ecosystems Remediation Restoration of groundwater quality or aquifer storage • …
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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 … American West: Institutional Evolution and Environmental Restoration in the 21st Century, 62 University of Colorado …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Joensuu, Fin- land. The papers compiled in this volume of the Review are … posed by the pollution of various media (air, water, land and sea) from different point sources and non-point … during the dam construction process; the failure of restoration efforts for such local people and inadequate …
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