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… may not be suitable for drinking without causing adverse health effects. Polluted water may also be … inadequate sanitation facilities and to suffer consequent adverse effects on their health and environment. It is thus … and waste disposal uses could potentially have this effect, especially in view of the relationship between …

… ratification. Thereafter the present convention will take effect in the case of each party ninety days after the … 12 Notification concerning planned measures with possible adverse effects Before a watercourse State implements or … of planned measures which may have a significant adverse effect upon other watercourse States, it shall …

… This results in aquatic ecosystem degradation, with adverse effects on ecosystem services and human well-being … into action. With regards to water related legislation the effect of unprecedented pressures on the natural environment … to the use of biological resources to avoid or minimize adverse impacts on biological diversity.”72 Parties to the …

… through piece meal laws and regulations which can have an adverse overall effect. At the basin level, we see the benefits of developing … services into an overall strategy to help people adapt to adverse impacts posed by climate change. It includes the …

… supply-oriented) have proven inefficient to cope with the adverse impacts of drought, leading to overexploitation of … heterogeneous landscapes that are prone to degradation; • adverse impacts of climate change in recent decades …

… was that ‘[e]nvironmental stress is both a cause and an effect of political tension and military conflict’:4 On the … mini- mize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or … population movements The Earth’s changing climate and the adverse effects thereof are a security concern to humankind. …

… level can demonstrate how mitigation actions reduce the adverse effects of climatic variability due to climate …

… downstream releases. Other measures need more time to take effect, such as those requiring retrofit or those to promote … growing water scarcity in minor river catchments due to adverse, multiple impacts of water-intensive, exotic species … that the power it produced fell short of justifying the adverse environmental impacts. Funds for the dam removal and …

… Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso bringing the Convention into effect. Information about the Volta Basin Authority is … of ecosystems and building adaptive capacity to combat the adverse effects of climate change. 12 WANI Case Study – Volta …

… with respect to it) has integrated or otherwise given effect to international water law principles and provisions … the proposed industrial activity may have a significant adverse impact in a transboundary context, in particular, on … and magnitude of the proposed development and its likely adverse impact on the environment.”147 It is clear that the …