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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… resources available, excluding the water locked in the polar ice. It serves the basic needs of more than one-half of … semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas" means areas, other than polar and sub-polar regions, in which the ratio of annual … beauty and ecological value, an important reservoir of biodiversity, the headwaters of major rivers, an essential …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… form a central pillar in The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) which UNEP hosts and which dovetails with … of freshwater, around 90 percent, is locked up in the polar ice caps and in deep groundwater reservoirs that, for … spurred desertification.32 The modification and loss of biodiversity and ecosystems and the propagation of invasive …