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… existing work under the larger UNDP Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Project. Many lessons have been identified from … of ecosystem services through aquatic resources, biodiversity and livelihoods assessment in the Attapeu … come from environmental degradation and habitat loss. This situation is compounded by a growth in water and …

… benefits, such as fisheries, navigation, recreation, biodiversity habitat and in some cases hydropower generation. … Degraded water quality, watersheds, wetlands and biodiversity Increasing demands for water, sub- optimal water … compensation for costs – e.g., inundated land, pollution, loss of ecosystem services, harmful changes in river flow …

… (last visited Oct. 10, 2014). 29 resources and to conserve biodiversity.”69 The agreement’s purpose is to “promote and … placed upon water by its various users, and the rate of loss of biodiversity in them surpasses that from other major biomes …

… downstream rivers, affecting land use productivity due to loss of natural sediment depositions, and loss of fish … are located in international river basins. Similarly, the Biodiversity Convention, ratified by 191 parties, aims to promote the sustainable use of the world’s biodiversity.34 In relation to international watercourses, …

… 2 Water stress can be measured as follows: low (10% loss of total available water), moderate (loss of 10 to 20%), … built and the earth is cultivated using water, soil and biodiversity. In this respect, each one of us lives within a … waste products and spillages, with an impact on coastal biodiversity, • make it impossible to develop sustainable …