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… 12 1.1.4 Coastal-marine area … overall quality of water and associated terrestrial and coastal ecosystems, and a potential increase in disputes over … built and the earth is cultivated using water, soil and biodiversity. In this respect, each one of us lives within a …

… are needed in most basins. 3. The threat to freshwater biodiversity is global. Extinction risk is moderate to very … water quality issues in basins and their receiving coastal waters. Water quality 5 SummARY FOR POLICY mAKERS … interventions on the most vulnerable river deltas and coastal areas, particularly the reduction of sediment supply …

… are located in international river basins. Similarly, the Biodiversity Convention, ratified by 191 parties, aims to … and elaborate appropriate and integrated plans for coastal zone management, water resources and agriculture, and … has devastating ecological effects and also destroys local coastal economies and communities. Floodplains also need to …

… are increasingly becoming polluted and salinised in some coastal areas, particularly as sea levels rise. Alterations … (last visited Oct. 10, 2014). 29 resources and to conserve biodiversity.”69 The agreement’s purpose is to “promote and … surface water basins, groundwater basins, and coastal and marine systems to enable the sharing of benefits …

… basins, together with their associated groundwaters and coastal waters. Member States must identify the river basins … biological diversity (b) Align incentives to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use (c) feasible … approach that places human needs at the centre of biodiversity management, where ecosystems are managed based …

… across basins and landscapes, sustaining ecosystems and biodiversity, mitigating the impacts of climatic variability, … vulnerable to saltwater intrusion, SIDS reliant on small coastal aquifers are at higher risk of saltwater …

… 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 … and groundwater quality, as well as the protection of coastal waters. In contrast to earlier European Commission …