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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… Jurisdictional and Institutional Barriers to Integrated Ecosystem Management.... 67 5.2.4.1 Jurisdictional Barriers … Maps and Monitoring 90 7.5 The Issue of Wetland Restoration 93 PART III Managing Wetland Areas Through … adverse effect on the conservation status of a species or ecosystem. Some processes occur naturally, but those of …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… REFERENCES 9. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATER FOR HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM NEEDS I. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT II. IMPROVING … in head or water level relative to background conditions. ecosystem: a system of dynamic interdependent relationships … and will be used for the conservation, maintenance and restoration of protected state forests, national parks, …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… 7. Controlling groundwater exploitation to ensure their ecosystem support function … 108 9. Ecosystem or environmental services payments … freshwater needs. Costa Rica has mandatory payments for ecosystem services structured within its water legislation. … as a national priority, and fixes the preservation and restoration of water quality and the protection of ecosystems …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… groundwater extractions to safeguard groundwater’s ecosystem-support function 5.10. Downscaling the limits of … “Greening” of domestic water laws implies recognising the ecosystem-support function of water resources, quantity- and … water resources from pollution and (b) insulating the ecosystem-support function of water resources from …
Issues in water law reform
… waterway or irrigation channel. In fact, environmental and ecosystem requirements have been mostly met by specifying … or (b) to prevent damage, or further damage, to an ecosystem that depends on that water or on the water from a … preservation and protection of the environment and restoration of nature.77 The Government exercises its powers, …
Sources of international water law
… watercourse which may have effects detrimental to the ecosystem of the watercourse resulting in significant harm to … impact; (d) to ensure conservation and, where necessary, restoration of ecosystems. 3. Measures for the prevention, … are imposed when the quality of the receiving water or the ecosystem so requires; (e) at least biological treatment or …