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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… prevent or respond to water emergencies, such as drought, flood, or sudden and extreme … diffuse sources, as in the case of agricultural runoff. Control of the latter form of pollution presents particular … a surface or subterranean source,from desalination,rain, flood or other similar sources. Mexico: The provisions hereof …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… 43 10 AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION AND ITS CONTROL IN NORTHER CHINA WANG, TAO … Balkan, as never happened in the last millenium. Apart of flood disaster, the area of the Drina River is recipient of … focus on maintaining the cultural landscape by reducing flood velocity and gully escalation through the use of …
GEO yearbook 2003
… responses moved in parallel. International measures to control invasive marine species and hazardous chemicals, and … enters into force. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments … to a four-year drought (1999–2002). Following the spring flood in 2004, about 20 per cent of the marshlands were …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 4.1.1. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and … knowledge hub on issues such as fisheries, navigation, flood and drought management, environment monitoring and … of downstream water levels on the Mekong River during the flood season. In 2003, the MRC adopted procedures regarding …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… global land- holdings over which a company has management control is increasing or decreasing. Once it is … All landholdings under the company’s manage- ment control, irrespective of whether they are owned or leased, … of the landholdings over which a company has management control is increasing or decreasing. Figure 2 provides a …
Energy law and sustainable development
… greenhouse gas emissions. For instance, air pollution control legislation commonly establishes health standards, … to more effective mitigation. Managing the flow, including flood releases from dams, can reduce the impacts of changed … but mostly utilizing large dams. Large hydroelectric dams flood large areas of land and thus create environmental …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… with UNCLOS that are necessary to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from any source, … X Effective institutions in general help achieve effective control of and reduction in pollution National Regional … the resilience of local communities (e .g . mangroves for flood protection) National Regional Global X Management of …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… to maintain and conserve their resources and lands and control their grazing. 2.5 Resource rights in the Jordan … rights (molk). Hold- ers of property rights have full control over their land resources whether that was through … private ownership. A common problem in the region is weak control over areas of rangeland by the people who are the …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… including Maritime Spatial Planning, to prevent and control unsustainable open ocean resource exploitation. … including Maritime Spatial Planning, to prevent and control unsustainable open ocean resource exploitation 2. … including Maritime Spatial Planning, to prevent and control unsustainable open ocean resource exploitation …
Engaging people in sustainability
… to understand the motivation of those who would control our thinking… I have never thought like this in my … of phenomenon, not by breaking them into parts. Robert Flood (2001) ‘The Relationship of ‘Systems Thinking to Action … Ecology of Mind, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 3 Flood, R. (2001) ‘The Relationship of ‘Systems Thinking’ …