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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … relating to discharge consents and quality standards for drinking and bathing waters. At regional level, for example, … protection, recreation and aesthetics, raw water for drinking water supply, agricultural water supply and …
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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories

… wider landscape 27 Forests managed to maintain soil and water resources 27 Forests managed for community purposes 28 … example to reduce avalanches or flooding, to maintain pure drinking water supplies, as recreational areas, for spiritual … conserved – for example, to maintain supplies of clean drinking water or to minimise soil erosion, is not of itself …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… of Land Ordinance 1987 (Missing) 5.1.6.5 NWFP Rural Area Drinking Water Supply Scheme Act 1985 380 5.1.6.6 NWFP Water Users … into freshwater sources. Existing law provides for drinking water supply—but not purification—in rural areas, …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… • Integrated Coastal Zone Management; • Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM); • Integrated Fire … supporting ecosystem services, biodiversity, fisheries, drinking water treatment, recreation and tourism. A holistic … supports fish habitats, coastal hazard protection, fresh drinking water and ecotourism (Figure 1). The PKWS and …
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… 20% of service provision area for sediment retention for drinking water quality, regulation of dry-season baseflows for drinking water provision, inland flood risk reduction for …
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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… secure access to critical agricultural inputs including water and seeds, facilitation of organic farming and animal … and gourmets who wish to foster the culture of eating and drinking, and thus promote responsible farming and fisheries, … is done. It is a time of homecoming, beer brewing, drinking, feasting, merrymaking, and intense ritual and …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… plantations, the mountains eroded, endangering the city’s water supply. When they were reforested, recreational use was … a much-degraded watershed on which Rio depended for its drinking-water supply. To correct this, the government … in the park supply around 10 per cent of Mumbai’s drinking water. The park also protects the city from floods. …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… the park because their own cattle have no fodder or water outside the forest thanks to a severe drought. … sacred ponds, grasslands, etc.; 3. Wetlands conserved for drinking or irrigation facilities, though often they shelter … local people as it is likely to affect their homes, their drinking water, their agricultural lands, fodder and fuelwood …
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Incorporating urban dimensions of conservation into the work of IUCN

… of urban populations on goods and services, such as drinking water, energy, food and flood protection, provided by rural … impacts on surrounding ecosystems, for example, air and water pollution, deforestation for fuelwood, and harvesting …
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Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions

… invasive river plant 16 Israel, Jordan and Palestine: Good Water Neighbors: Rehabilitating the Jordan River through … for reptiles and amphibians and renaturalization of water bodies. Transboundary sustainable tourism To encourage … such as beekeeping, eco-tourism and the construction of drinking water tanks. An operational joint surveillance …
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