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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… and Institutions 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and … Maps and Monitoring 90 7.5 The Issue of Wetland Restoration 93 PART III Managing Wetland Areas Through … 180 13 Integrating Wetland Conservation and Wise Use into Land-use Planning 183 Box 2. Wetlands and Regional Planning …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… permits held. catchment (watershed): a discrete area of land with a common drainage system; includes both the water bodies that convey the water and the land surface from which water drains into those bodies. club … 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
… parameter * Severe High 94 553 * Defined as the land ratio without vegetation coverage (forest area and … of Water laW10 freshwater habitat modification. Most land-based activities, such as agriculture and human … 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
… sources. These include: regulation of agricultural land use and practices regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards the control of stormwater runoff … or surface waters. Also regulated are changes in land cultivation, and the application and storage of …
Issues in water law reform
… distributed surface water collecting or falling on private land; • groundwater percolating through land. Arid conditions, comparable to South Africa, and the … preservation and protection of the environment and restoration of nature.77 The Government exercises its powers, …
Sources of international water law
… States to the importation or exportation of goods by other land or water routes, or in other ports, shall be equally … of conventions for the prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources, in order to ensure that the present … impact; (d) to ensure conservation and, where necessary, restoration of ecosystems. 3. Measures for the prevention, …