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… ISBN 978-92-5-105624-0 ISSN 1014-6679 Modern water rights Theory and practice FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 92 … offers a fresh look at the theory and practice of modern water rights, from a comparative law angle. It sheds light on … pumping is likely to be necessary meaning that the abstraction of water is more expensive. Modern water rights – …

… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … Paper No. 38 IUCN The World Conservation Union Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … the same process. Drainage and excessive groundwater abstraction can both generate lowering of the groundwater …

… 1 SummARY FOR POLICY mAKERS ‘Aquifer’ means a permeable water-bearing geological formation underlain by a less permeable layer, with the water contained in the saturated zone of the formation; … development. 4. On many small islands, groundwater abstraction only occurs within small, thin, alluvial (or …

… Recommendations 1. Environmental, human and agricultural water stresses often occur in the same transboundary river basins, resulting in competition for water between sectors and between countries. Relative risk … or very high in 41 out of 286 basins. Actions to mitigate water stress need to be planned in an integrated, cooperative …