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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… has focused the minds of many on the finite nature of our resource base. However, something much greater than the … and ecological effects. Water is a particularly vital resource. Without water, ecosystems are destroyed. Economic … to other users at the price offered by the same body. The accounting and registration of transactions made under this …
National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… the urgency of developing and implementing water resource protection approaches based on the principle of … A crucial aspect of environmental protection and natural resource management is impact assessment. The notion of … the management, use and protection of this vital resource. Some of these lessons derive from past experience, …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… 2. RANGELAND RESOURCE BASE IN … 2.5 RESOURCE RIGHTS IN THE JORDAN … section 3.5 of the next chapter on the available rangeland resource base in Jordan. Also further work on economic … investment identification” workshop with stakeholders and resource persons who have knowledge and expertise in the …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… of local and national governments should guide SDg resource mobilization and monitoring. National government … may decide to initially prioritize sustainable water resource manage- ment, recognizing that a comprehensive water resource management strategy can help sustain local ecosys- …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… to drafting a legal framework for governing the water resource, determining information relating to particular … a basis for the joint management of the shared water resource, the 2012 Protocol provides a basis for coordinated … their use; lay out water resource plan areas and the water accounting periods for each; provide strategies for managing …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… armed conflict, patterns of international trade and resource utilization . Part VII contains and develops the … and conserving biological diversity and the natural resource base as overarching objectives of, and essential … management plan to ensure the sustainable use of that resource and the equitable sharing of the benefits deriving …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… in marine and coastal areas 26 Objective 2: Promoting resource management, food production and food security … development in marine and coastal areas; 2. Promoting resource management, food production and food security … mitigate climate change. In particular, the energy sector, accounting for 85 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in the …
Energy law and sustainable development
… and differ across nations, depending on their natural resource endow- ments, i.e., whether they are blessed with … energy resources. He has acted as a consultant and a resource person on various energy efficiency projects with … (17.4%) and any country or combination of Annex 1 nations accounting for 0.2% such as Canada (3.3%), Poland (3.0%), …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… Decoupling of socio-economic development from escalating resource use and environmental degradation; (iii) Coverage of … Decoupling of socio-economic develop- ment from escalating resource use and environ- mental degradation. Goals and … They should encourage and support steadi- ly improving resource efficiency through more effi- cient production and …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… gas emissions and reduced pressure on the natural resource base. The conversion technology is expensive, … and socio- economic impacts, and the status of the resource being used; avoid or minimize adverse impacts on … capital goods or own new infrastructure to shorten the accounting maturity of the investments made (in the range of …