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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… Impact Assessment EIS Environmental Impact Statement FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GATS … forum for inter-governmental consultations on issues of food and agriculture, is concerned with water as a resource … and waterfowl habitats and harm the livelihoods and food security of local delta populations (WCD, 2000). Poorly …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… 12 D. Michel, A River Runs Through It: Climate Chance, Security Challenges, and Shared Water Resources, in Troubled … adhere to sediments, and be transmitted through the food chain.34 The unsustainable use of water is an especially … Over-harvesting of inland waters, including fisheries for food, recreation or trade, is also a major threat and leads …
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Issues in water law reform

… expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … -16- Entitlements are calculated at a specified level of security (say 98 percent) which can theoretically be … had a very small population of less than four million, and food and labour requirements were therefore really very …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… deltas, mudflats and salt marshes. These areas support a food web that permits rapid growth of young fish in estuarine … as "biological supermarkets" because of the extensive food webs and rich biodiversity they support and as "kidneys … of surface and underground water supply. Water resource security is obviously a critical issue in arid countries and …
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Sources of international water law

… Law Service FAO Legal Office FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 65 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, … would be seriously detrimental to its national economy or security. Article 13 It is understood that this Convention … 31 Data and information vital to national defense or security Nothing in the present Convention obliges a …
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Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas

… be taken into consideration in particular in areas where food security is or can easily become an issue. Water management – … are irrigated agriculture, industries and municipalities”. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. …
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